Blondes for Export
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Directed by | Eugen York |
Written by | Norbert Jacques(novel) |
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Cinematography | Oskar Schnirch |
Edited by | Walter Fredersdorf |
Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
Production company | Standard-Filmverleih |
Distributed by | Lloyd Film |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Blondes for Export(German:Export in Blond) is a 1950 West Germancrimethriller filmdirected byEugen Yorkand starringLotte Koch,Catja GörnaandRené Deltgen.Norbert Jacqueswrote the screenplay, adapting his own novel.[1][2]It was shot at theGöttingen Studiosandon locationaroundHamburg.The film's sets were designed by theart directorHans LederstegerandErnst Richter.
Plot
[edit]In Hamburg during the late 1940s, a blonde young girl is kidnapped by human traffickers and taken to South America.
Cast
[edit]- Lotte Kochas Yvonne Moréen
- Catja Görnaas Iris Gorla
- René Deltgenas Frank Olman
- Albrecht Schoenhalsas Gorla
- Peter van Eyckas Rolf Carste
- Ursula Grableyas Emmi Kruschke
- Ursula Herkingas Fräulein Lührs
- Änne Bruckas Frau Hessling
- Carl-Heinz Schrothas Roschek
- Albert Florathas Professor
- Hans Leibeltas Intendant Hallerstedt
- Hans Richteras Artist Freddie
- Franz Schafheitlinas Polizeikommissar in Rio
- Josef Dahmenas Armand
- Peter Mosbacheras Alvaro
- Just Scheuas Direktor bei Lloyds
- Theo Pöppinghausas Aldo
- Erich Weiheras Polizeibeamter
- Joachim Rakeas Perreira
- Theo Tecklenburgas Südländer
Production
[edit]The film is the second adaptation of the Luxembourgish 1927 novelPlüsch und PlümowskibyNorbert Jacques,[3]the first being the 1927 filmThe Bordello in Rio.[4][5]
Reception
[edit]A retrospective commentary from theLexikon des internationalen Filmenfinds the "theme (of human trafficking) treated in an unrealistic and cheap sensationalistic way."[6]
See also
[edit]White slavery was the subject of various films, including the following:
- White Cargo(1937)
- Cargaison blanche (1958)
- Final Destination: Red Lantern(1960)
References
[edit]- ^Elsaesser & Wedel p.142
- ^"NJ-Bibliographie Nachträge".www.sulb.uni-saarland.de.Retrieved2023-04-17.
- ^"Luxemburger Autorenlexikon".Luxemburger Autorenlexikon(in German).Retrieved2023-04-17.
- ^WEIDNER, CAROLIN (2014-04-30)."Ein Potpourri der Stereotype".Die Tageszeitung: taz(in German). p. 05.ISSN0931-9085.Retrieved2023-04-17.
- ^Alanen, Antti (2014-10-05)."Antti Alanen: Film Diary: Das Frauenhaus von Rio / Girls for Sale. Rio's Road to Hell".Antti Alanen.Retrieved2023-04-17.
- ^"Export in Blond".www.filmdienst.de(in German).Retrieved2023-04-17."
Bibliography
[edit]- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder.The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema.Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel.The BFI companion to German cinema.British Film Institute, 1999.
External links
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- 1950 films
- 1950s crime thriller films
- German crime thriller films
- West German films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Eugen York
- Remakes of German films
- Films about prostitution in Germany
- Films about prostitution in Brazil
- German black-and-white films
- 1950s German films
- Films shot in Hamburg
- Films shot at Göttingen Studios
- Films based on works by Norbert Jacques
- 1950s German film stubs
- Crime thriller film stubs