The Man Who Murdered
Directed byCurtis Bernhardt
Written by
Based onL'homme qui assassina by Claude Farrère
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyCurt Courant
Edited byLaslo Benedek
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
  • 23 January 1931 (1931-01-23)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Man Who Murdered (German: Der Mann, der den Mord beging) is a 1931 German crime drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo and Heinrich George.[1] It is adapted from the 906 novel L'homme qui assassina by Claude Farrère. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Richter and Hermann Warm. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam.[2] Location filming took place in Istanbul and around the Bosphorus. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. The following year a separate English version, Stamboul, was made.

Synopsis

In pre-First World War Constantinople, French colonel the Marquis de Sévigné is brought in to train the Turkish Army. He encounters the domineering Lord Falkland and his sensitive wife. Although the marriage is loveless, she can't consider leaving her husband as it would mean also losing her young son George. Sévigné falls in love with her, and shoots Lord Falkland. However, suspicion of the murder then falls on an innocent man.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Grange p. 357
  2. ↑ Soister p.223

Bibliography

  • Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
  • Soister, John T. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.
  • Spicer, Andrew; Hanson, Helen (2013). A Companion to Film Noir. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-52371-1.
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