West German newspaper classic with Horst Buchholz and Maria Perschy
Good and balanced research is very important, otherwise it can quickly become a newspaper duck. This is what happened in 1951, when the alleged bunker people of Gdingen (formerly Gotenhafen) were blown up into a worldwide newspaper sensation. Screenwriter Will Tremper used this material to write an exciting and entertaining script, which was filmed by successful director Frank Wisbar in Berlin and in the Hamburg studio (Wandsbek).
The dashing Greg Bachmann (Horst Buchholz) is a raging reporter to the book. He secretly breaks into the war crimes prison in Spandau to conduct an exclusive interview with the evil Nazi henchmen who are incarcerated there. Through this hussar piece, Cesar Boyd (Martin Held), a world-famous Edelfeder, becomes aware of the smart youngster and quickly makes him his assistant. Greg can hardly believe his luck, especially since he also meets the lovely Bettina (still brunette and a bit pale: Maria Perschy) in the Boyd house, who the great Cesar has already cast a possessive eye on. Things come to a head when Boyd uses a robber's gun from his chauffeur Jupp (Gert Fröbe) to jazz up the alleged bunker people from Gdynia to become a global sensation. Soon the cheerful Greg comes under suspicion of being responsible for this colossal newspaper duck.
In smaller roles there is a reunion with such popular West German stars as Inge Meysel, Heinz Reincke and Peter Capell, who plays an American journalist.
Exciting and enjoyable reckoning with sensational journalism, which thrives above all on the excellent interaction between the brilliant Martin Held and the attractive young star Horst Buchholz, who is warming up for his later world career here.
The InterWest film production, which was brought to cinemas by Europa Filmverleih at the time, was able to sell 2.144 million (source: InsideKino) tickets in the box office. Not bad for a topic that is more remote from the public! Such films also found an audience in Adenauerland.
Highly recommended for fans of old black and white films from the Federal Republic film industry!
Good and balanced research is very important, otherwise it can quickly become a newspaper duck. This is what happened in 1951, when the alleged bunker people of Gdingen (formerly Gotenhafen) were blown up into a worldwide newspaper sensation. Screenwriter Will Tremper used this material to write an exciting and entertaining script, which was filmed by successful director Frank Wisbar in Berlin and in the Hamburg studio (Wandsbek).
The dashing Greg Bachmann (Horst Buchholz) is a raging reporter to the book. He secretly breaks into the war crimes prison in Spandau to conduct an exclusive interview with the evil Nazi henchmen who are incarcerated there. Through this hussar piece, Cesar Boyd (Martin Held), a world-famous Edelfeder, becomes aware of the smart youngster and quickly makes him his assistant. Greg can hardly believe his luck, especially since he also meets the lovely Bettina (still brunette and a bit pale: Maria Perschy) in the Boyd house, who the great Cesar has already cast a possessive eye on. Things come to a head when Boyd uses a robber's gun from his chauffeur Jupp (Gert Fröbe) to jazz up the alleged bunker people from Gdynia to become a global sensation. Soon the cheerful Greg comes under suspicion of being responsible for this colossal newspaper duck.
In smaller roles there is a reunion with such popular West German stars as Inge Meysel, Heinz Reincke and Peter Capell, who plays an American journalist.
Exciting and enjoyable reckoning with sensational journalism, which thrives above all on the excellent interaction between the brilliant Martin Held and the attractive young star Horst Buchholz, who is warming up for his later world career here.
The InterWest film production, which was brought to cinemas by Europa Filmverleih at the time, was able to sell 2.144 million (source: InsideKino) tickets in the box office. Not bad for a topic that is more remote from the public! Such films also found an audience in Adenauerland.
Highly recommended for fans of old black and white films from the Federal Republic film industry!