Savoy Hotel 217 (German: Savoy-Hotel 217) is a 1936 German mystery drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney and Alexander Engel.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The costumes were by Herbert Ploberger. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo.
| Savoy Hotel 217 | |
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| Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
| Written by | Gerhard Menzel |
| Produced by | Fritz Podehl |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
| Edited by | Eduard von Borsody |
| Music by | Walter Gronostay |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis edit
In Tsarist Russia before the First World War, a couple arrive at a luxury hotel where the husband is murdered. A number of people fall under suspicion, including the head waiter. He undertakes an investigation to find the real culprit.
Cast edit
- Hans Albers as Andrei Antonovitch Wolodkin
- Brigitte Horney as Nastasja Andrejevna Daschenko
- Alexander Engel as Fedor Fedorovich Daschenko
- René Deltgen as Sergei Gavrilovitch Schuvalov
- Gusti Huber as Darja Sergejewna Plagina
- Käthe Dorsch as Anna Fedorovna Orlowa
- Jakob Tiedtke as Leonid Alexandrovitch Schapkin
- Aribert Wäscher as Pavel Pavlovitch
- Hans Leibelt as Untersuchungsrichter
- Paul Westermeier as Schlittenkutscher
- Carl Auen as Kriminalbeamter
- Fritz Berghof as Aribor
- Hellmuth Bergmann as Wachmann
- Paul Bildt as Bettler
- Horst Birr as Wanja - Hotelangestellter
- Günther Brackmann as Page
- Walter Brückner as Zuschauer im Varieté
- Viktor Carter as Junger Uniformierter
- Jac Diehl as Zuschauer im Varieté
- Michael Distler as Russe
- Erich Dunskus as Aufseher
- Max Harry Ernst as Hotelangestellter
- Karl Etlinger as Igor Andrej - Tubaspieler
- Erich Fiedler as Etagenkellner
- Paul Ludwig Frey as Untersuchungsrichter
- Lothar Glathe as Zuschauer im Varieté
- Ralph-Willy Grunert as Hotelangestellter
- Albert Hugelmann as Insasse im Nachtasyl
- Margot Höpfner as Tänzerin
- Herbert Hübner as Julio Simkowitsch - Personalchef
- Carl Iban as Insasse im Nachtasyl
- Babette Jenssen as Zimmermädchen
- Josef Karma as Insasse im Nachtasyl
- Jens Keith as Tänzer
- Harald Maresch
- Hans Meyer-Hanno as Insasse im Nachtasyl
- Werner Pledath as Michael Trofinawitsch - Etagenkellner
- Tine Schneider as Zuschauerin im Varieté
- S.O. Schoening as Russischer Budenbesitzer
- Rudolf Schündler as Geschäftsführer des 'Savoy'
- Friedrich Teitge as Drehorgelspieler
- Tommy Thomas as Hotelpage
- Walter von Allwoerden as Schreiber des Untersuchungsrichters
- Else Ward as Russin bei Osterfeierlichkeit
- Raimund Warta as Hotelangestellter
- Eduard Wenck as Iwan Iwanowitsch - Hotelportier
- Ewald Wenck as Schlittenkutscher
Reception edit
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a positive review, characterizing it as an "agreeably [...] slow, good-humoured murder-story". Praising Engel's acting as particularly vivid, Greene summarized the film, claiming: "melodramatic passions are given a pleasantly realistic setting by a very competent director and a first-class cameraman".[3]
References edit
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.217
- ^ Klaus p.176
- ^ Greene, Graham (9 October 1036). "The Texas Rangers/Savoy Hotel 217/The King Steps Out". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. pp. 107-108. ISBN 0192812866.)
Bibliography edit
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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