Between heart and conscience
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Between heart and conscience |
| Original title | The strange life |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Johannes Meyer |
| script |
Otto Bernhard Wendler based on an idea by Rolf Meyer |
| production |
Felix Pfitzner (production group) |
| music | Frank Fox |
| camera | Walter Pindter |
| cut | Johanna Schmidt-Zietermann |
| occupation | |
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The Stranger Life , renamed Between Heart and Conscience at the belated premiere , is a 1944 imperial German feature film by Johannes Meyer . The main roles are played by Winnie Markus and Viktor Staal .
action
Doris Hallgart has left his house after an argument with her father and is now urgently looking for shelter. Then she thinks of her cousin Agnes Hallgart, and she decides to visit her in the hope of finding accommodation with Agnes. Obviously they haven't seen each other for a long time, at least Doris is amazed to discover that Agnes is currently in jail, for check fraud. Her release is imminent and so Doris decides to visit Agnes behind bars. She finds her cousin, who is nervously battered, in a desperate state. Agnes tells Doris how her conviction came about: She had forged a check in order to be able to further finance the research studies of her altruistic fiancé in Africa. But the fiancé soon died of tropical fever, and Agnes's health has also been going downhill since then. Doris can't do much more than watch her deathbed. Agnes Hallgart finally dies that night and Doris leaves the prison walls. A stately car is already waiting outside the door, and a chauffeur asks Doris, who is armed with Agnes' suitcase, whether she is Frau Hallgart. Truthfully, she answers this question in the affirmative and is then driven to the magnificent property of the shipyard owner Jürgen Fredersen.
Here one expects, unsuspecting, that there is also a Doris Hallgart, her cousin Agnes, about whose death nothing has leaked out yet. Mr. Fredersen is a very young, handsome man who immediately takes a liking to the wrong Agnes. His intentions are honorable: Agnes' fiancé, the explorer, was a good friend of his, and he shows great respect for Doris, whom he continues to believe to be Agnes, because she has so committed to the work of her fiancé; even willing to go to jail for it. Fredersen reads every wish from the lips of the wrong Agnes, and Doris never finds the right time to tell the lovely patron that it was a mistake. So she begins to take over the eponymous life of the dead Agnes. As a draftsman, the unemployed Doris even found a new job in Fredersen's shipyard and the professional recognition of the authorized signatory Knopp. Doris and Jürgen soon begin to fall in love with each other. The result is a romantic love trip to the mountains. When Fredersen whispers Agnes' name while exchanging tenderness, Doris realizes her mistake and storms off. The belongings of his deceased friend have meanwhile returned to Fredersen's villa. A photo shows that Doris cannot be Agnes, and it is assumed that Doris must be an impostor. The old Knopp helps clear up the misunderstanding and smooth things over. Fredersen reaches his Doris at the moment when she wants to embark in the port for Africa in order to act in the spirit of her deceased fiancé.
Production notes
Filming began on January 24, 1944 in the Dutch studios in Amsterdam and The Hague, which Germany had requisitioned, and was completed there three months later, at the end of May. The film passed the censorship in March 1945 and was banned from youth. The premiere was scheduled for the coming weeks, but was prevented by the near end of the war. This film only premiered on March 16, 1951 in Stuttgart, and four weeks later it was also shown in western Berlin.
Georg Mohr took over the production management. Alfred Bütow and Heinrich Beisenherz were responsible for the film construction. Oliver Hoek was responsible for the sound.
criticism
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Pseudo conflicts in the style of women's novels."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Between heart and conscience. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 1, 2019 .