Suspicion of a dead person

Movie
Original title	Suspicion of a dead person
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Publishing year	1969
length	73 minutes
Rod
Director	Rainer Bear
script	Günter Kaltofen , Rainer Bär
production	DEFA , KAG "Johannisthal"
music	Karl-Ernst Sasse
camera	Helmut Grewald
cut	Helga Gentz
occupation
Rolf Ripperger : Major Dietzel Alfred Rücker : Thomas Uta Schorn : Renate Leon Niemczyk : Dr. Roth Günther Simon : Major Klausnitzer Dieter Vienna : First Lieutenant Dolling Kaspar Eichel : Lieutenant Matz Brigitte Krause : Margot Dege Alfred Struwe : Scheitler Gerd Michael Henneberg : Hendrik Jahn Berko Acker : Young worker Hermann Beyer : Nowack Ivan Malré : Dr. Münch Heinz Scholz : Tretsch Johannes Wieke : Brennecke Wolfram Handel : Jug Herbert-Wolfgang Krause : Sieber Hanna Rieger : Mrs. Kratzke Gerhard Schivelbusch : Landlord

A GDR movie by Rainer Bär from 1969 is suspected of being dead .

action

Towards the end of the Second World War , 16-year-old Roth receives papers from a man for safekeeping. Many years later the papers are supposed to be collected. Meanwhile, Dr. Roth is a respected veterinarian and head of a state-owned stud. At the handover, Dr. Roth killed. Since the police found espionage material nearby, the state security intervened. Young Thomas cannot believe that his friend and guardian was an agent. When trying to find out the background, his own life is in danger. His investigations and, above all, a tip from the stud employee Renate can help Dr. Relieve Roth. The murderer is exposed and his connection to the West German secret service is revealed.

background

With Alfred Rücker and Uta Schorn two remaining students and later busy actors had her first film appearances.

Production and publication

The dramaturgy was in the hands of Margot Beichler .

The under the working titles Paper Flowers and A Murderer for Dr. Roth black and white film made by the artistic work group "Johannisthal" had its cinema premiere on November 6, 1969 in the Berlin film theater Colosseum . The first broadcast in the first program of the German television station took place on May 1, 1971.

Reviews

In the Neue Zeit , HU noted:

“But the possibilities for logical-combinatorial thriller suspense and psychological deepening in the material are almost all given away. The plot (the script was written by Günter Kaltofen together with the director) is a confusion of too many and not convincingly linked, sometimes too briefly indicated, sometimes excessively clear motifs. And Rainer Bär's and his cameraman Helmut Grewald's skilful image design often turns into mere showmanship with tricks and antics, unrelated and arbitrary. Also in terms of acting is not much offered. "

The Lexicon of International Films writes:

"Uncertainly staged film with few tension effects."

literature

• "Lexicon of International Films" , Rowohlt Verlag Reinbek, 1995, ISBN 978-3-499-16357-9 (page 6084)
• F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 654-655 .

Web links

• Suspected dead in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Suspicion of a dead person at filmportal.de
• Suspicion of a death at the DEFA Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suspicion of a dead person on defa-stiftung.de
2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of November 2, 1969, p. 14
3. ↑ Neue Zeit of April 24, 1971, p. 9
4. ↑ Neue Zeit of November 11, 1969, p. 4
5. ↑ Suspected dead person. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 14, 2018 .