Geständnis unter vier Augen (1954)

Director:

André Michel

Writers:

Hugo Maria Kritz (novel)
Hugo Maria Kritz (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 September 1954 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Lover | Female Reporter | Criminal | Based On Novel

Cast

Hildegard Knef	...	Hilde Schaumburg-Garden
Carl Raddatz	...	Dr. Frigge
Ivan Desny	...	Gregor Marmara
Werner Hinz	...	Jorga
Franz Schafheitlin	...	Chef Director, Dr. Kopp
Stanislav Ledinek	...	Carol
Ursula Grabley	...	Reporter
Hans Christian Blech	...	Tscheche
Georg Eilert
Willy Maertens
Hermann Kner
Ursula V. Bose
Karl Heinz Kreienbaum
Max Walter Sieg

Also Known As:

Confession Under Four Eyes (International: English title)
Treffpunkt Kanalstraße

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Company:

Deutsche London-Film

WELL-MEANT BUT ONLY MILDLY ENTERTAINING

Moderately entertaining film about Rumanian refugees in Germany after WW2 and I think a film made to make German audiences aware of the life of refugees and life in refugee camps of which at the time there were many. Well meant but the story concentrates on a well-off refugee while the not so-well off who live in a camp, hardly are given any background. Moreover, for the viewer the intrigue is too obvious and lets the viewer wonder why Hildergard Knef's character is that naïve not to comprehend this from the start. Carl Raddatz plays a police inspector who walks on and off without ever being a really integral part of the story, though with his well-known forbearance he does it well. The film is not helped much by so-so direction and pacing.