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Grabenplatz 17

  • 19581958
  • 1h 32m
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6.6/10
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Grabenplatz 17 (1958)
  • Crime
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  • Director
    • Erich Engels
  • Writers
    • Erich Engels(screenplay)
    • Wolf Neumeister(collaboration on screenplay)
    • W. Brack(news article)
  • Stars
    • Kai Fischer
    • Wolfgang Preiss
    • Carl Lange
  • Director
    • Erich Engels
  • Writers
    • Erich Engels(screenplay)
    • Wolf Neumeister(collaboration on screenplay)
    • W. Brack(news article)
  • Stars
    • Kai Fischer
    • Wolfgang Preiss
    • Carl Lange
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    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Maria Sebaldt in Grabenplatz 17 (1958)
    Kai Fischer in Grabenplatz 17 (1958)
    Grabenplatz 17 (1958)
    Wolfgang Preiss and Kai Fischer in Grabenplatz 17 (1958)

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    Kai Fischer
    Kai Fischer
    • Stimmungssängerin Isabellaas Stimmungssängerin Isabella
    Wolfgang Preiss
    Wolfgang Preiss
    • Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jägeras Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
    Carl Lange
    Carl Lange
    • Grossunternehmer Harald Flintas Grossunternehmer Harald Flint
    Wolfgang Wahl
    • Kriminalsekretär Willy Wagenknechtas Kriminalsekretär Willy Wagenknecht
    Charles Regnier
    • Polizeichemiker Dr. Wagenknechtas Polizeichemiker Dr. Wagenknecht
    Maria Sebaldt
    Maria Sebaldt
    • Ringkämpferin Anni Prasuhnas Ringkämpferin Anni Prasuhn
    Maria Litto
    Maria Litto
    • Lilyas Lily
    Carsta Löck
    Carsta Löck
    • Frau Quastas Frau Quast
    Elke Aberle
    Elke Aberle
    • Evchen Flintas Evchen Flint
    Renate Küster
    • Erzieherin Karin Drewsas Erzieherin Karin Drews
    Werner Peters
    Werner Peters
    • Buchmacher Eugen Machonas Buchmacher Eugen Machon
    Robert Meyn
    • Kriminalrat Sasseas Kriminalrat Sasse
    Franz Schafheitlin
    • Dr. Bühleras Dr. Bühler
    Stefan Haar
    • Michael Petersas Michael Peters
    Ralf Wolter
    • Ringrichteras Ringrichter
    Maria Paudler
    Maria Paudler
    • Lotte Sperberas Lotte Sperber
    Marina Ried
    Marina Ried
    • Doloresas Dolores
    Nora Minor
    • Director
      • Erich Engels
    • Writers
      • Erich Engels(screenplay)
      • Wolf Neumeister(collaboration on screenplay)
      • W. Brack(news article)
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    • Trivia
      Although Ingrid van Bergen is mentioned in some official sources as the actress who played Lily here (even the German DVD version does so), this isn't correct. The role was actually played by Maria Litto.
    • Soundtracks
      Sag doch bitte Du zu mir
      (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Guenther Schwenn

      Music by Heino Gaze

      Performed by Kai Fischer with the singing voice of Renée Franke

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    10/10
    To meet again Gert Fröbe
    Broadcast in the same year, when Fröbe had his huge success in the Swiss child-serial-killing movie "It happened on broad daylight" (1958), he took over a small roll in "Grabenplatz 17". From now on, this huge and big man was mainly to see in the roles of villains, capital criminals and perverse murderers. These old criminal movies who filled the German 50ies practically alone, alongside with the first Lederhosen- and other sexually intended low-level achievements, were mainly a prolonged strategy to distract people from the still existing burdens of World War II and a strong economic recession before the weather became clearer in the 60ies.

    The main purpose of these movies was to entertain, and so they still should be watched. They are neither bad copies from the highly stylized American Film Noirs nor predecessors of the early French New Wave criminal movies by Jean-Pierre Melville. However, for everybody living abroad, movies like "Grabenplatz" 17 bring all those actors and actresses with whom one grew up back into one's living-room. Amongst all the so-so elaborates of the time when life, on both sides of the Ocean, was still a bit easier and even the police smoke and drank wherever they were, "Grabenplatz" 17 had a lucky fate insofar as it was directed by Erich Engels who directed twenty years ago most of the movies of Karl Valentin. I hope that the work of Engels, who is nearly forgotten nowadays, will appear part by part on DVD in the near future.
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    • Release date
      • July 17, 1958 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Razzia vid Reeperbahn
    • Production company
      • Deutsche Film Hansa
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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