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Der große Fall

1949 · 94 min

A taut, talky post-war caper that builds quiet suspense around a high-stakes shipment and the nervous men guarding it.

Directed by
Karl Anton
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gustav Fröhlich, Georg Thomalla, Fritz Odemar
Overview
When a significant quantity of valuable gemstones is to be transported to South America by plane, those responsible are naturally extremely nervous. Everything must be perfectly planned, every possible risk averted.

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Directed by
Karl Anton
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gustav Fröhlich, Georg Thomalla, Fritz Odemar
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • deception
  • work
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Karl Anton
Written by
Otto Bernhard Wendler, Georg Mühlen-Schulte
Starring
Gustav Fröhlich, Georg Thomalla, Fritz Odemar, Hubert von Meyerinck, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Lotte Koch, Ingeborg von Kusserow, Erwin Biegel
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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