Hunted People [German version]

Country

Czechoslovakia, Germany

Copyright

1932

Production year

1932

Runtime

92 min

Category

film

Genre

drama, psychological

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Štvaní lidé [německá verze]

Czech title

Štvaní lidé [německá verze]

English title

Hunted People [German version]

Co-production title

Gehetzte Menschen / Steckbrief Z 48

Synopsis

Cabinet-maker Vincenc, who has an eight-year-old son from his first wife, has decided after many years to get married again. On the wedding day it comes to light, however, that he is an escaped convict, sentenced to life for a murder he allegedly committed. The crime is pardonable twenty years after the event according to the statute of limitations; and in Vincenc's case that time is only a few hours away. The cabinet-maker flees with his son to hide until his conviction expires. He shaves off his beard and dresses his son up as a girl but the police remain nevertheless hard on his trail. They enter an amusement park hoping to get lost in the crowd, but a shot is suddenly fired and panic breaks out. The owner of a theatre booth shelters them in her caravan. But the police track them down. The owner of the caravan turns out to be Vincenc's former lover, and it was she who committed the crime Vincenc was imprisoned for. The woman is moved to confess, and Vincenc and his son are able to return home.

Note

The Marseilles exteriors were shot without sound (with Eugen Klöpfer, Jan Fehér and Magda Sonja).

Cast

Eugen Klöpfer

truhlářský mistr Vincenz Olivier, dříve Léon Bernier

Jan Feher-Weiss

Boubou, Olivierův syn

Camilla Spira /ž/

Louisa, Olivierova nevěsta

Magda Sonja /ž/

bývalá Olivierova milenka alias žena bez spodní části těla v panoptiku

Gustav Püttjer

truhlářský tovaryš Anandée

Hugo Fischer-Köppe

majitel panoptika

Wladimir Sokoloff

vetešník

Fritz Odemar

policejní ředitel v Marseille

Ferdinand Hart

žena s plnovousem v panoptiku

Paul Rehkopf

policejní komisař v Marseille

Friedrich Ettel

starosta v Longville, otec Louisy

Emilia Unda /ž/

matka Louisy

Friedrich Wilhelm Kaiser

dozorce ve věznici Bagno

Crew and creators

Based on

Alfred Machard (Černý muž /Der Schwarze Mann/ – román)

Director of Photography

Ewald Daub

Production Designer

Erwin Scharf, Robert Neppach

Film Editor

Friedrich Fehér

Sound Designer

Eugen Hrich

Production Manager

Friedrich Fehér

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Walter Ulfig, Friedrich Fehér

Songs

Chanson der Dame ohne Unterleib

Song Composer Walter UlfigFriedrich Fehér
Singer Magda Sonja /ž/

Production info

Original Title

Štvaní lidé [německá verze]

Czech Title

Štvaní lidé [německá verze]

English Title

Hunted People [German version]

Co-production Title

Gehetzte Menschen / Steckbrief Z 48

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama, psychological

Origin country

Czechoslovakia, Germany

Copyright

1932

Production Year

1932

Production specifications

date of censorship 01/1933

Premiere

premiere abroad 6 December 1932 (Berlín, Německo)
premiere 01/1933 /unsuitable for youths/

Production

Emco-Film, Panfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Panfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

92 min

Original length in metres

2 576 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

German

Dialogue languages

German

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

German