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Der Mann, der zuviel wußte

Originaltitel: The Man Who Knew Too Much
  • 1934
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 15 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,7/10
22.784
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Der Mann, der zuviel wußte (1934)
Politischer ThrillerPsychologischer ThrillerSuspense-MysteryVerschwörungsthrillerDramaKriminalitätMysteryThriller

Ein Mann und seine Frau erhalten einen Hinweis auf ein bevorstehendes Attentat, nur um zu erfahren, dass ihre Tochter entführt wurde, um sie ruhig zu halten.Ein Mann und seine Frau erhalten einen Hinweis auf ein bevorstehendes Attentat, nur um zu erfahren, dass ihre Tochter entführt wurde, um sie ruhig zu halten.Ein Mann und seine Frau erhalten einen Hinweis auf ein bevorstehendes Attentat, nur um zu erfahren, dass ihre Tochter entführt wurde, um sie ruhig zu halten.

  • Regie
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Drehbuch
    • Charles Bennett
    • D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
    • Edwin Greenwood
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Leslie Banks
    • Edna Best
    • Peter Lorre
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,7/10
    22.784
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Drehbuch
      • Charles Bennett
      • D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
      • Edwin Greenwood
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Leslie Banks
      • Edna Best
      • Peter Lorre
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    • 82Kritische Rezensionen
    • 77Metascore
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      • 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

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    Leslie Banks
    Leslie Banks
    • Bob Lawrence
    Edna Best
    Edna Best
    • Jill Lawrence
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Abbott
    Frank Vosper
    Frank Vosper
    • Ramon Levine
    Hugh Wakefield
    Hugh Wakefield
    • Clive
    Nova Pilbeam
    Nova Pilbeam
    • Betty Lawrence
    Pierre Fresnay
    Pierre Fresnay
    • Louis Bernard
    Cicely Oates
    Cicely Oates
    • Nurse Agnes
    D.A. Clarke-Smith
    D.A. Clarke-Smith
    • Binstead
    • (as D.A. Clarke Smith)
    George Curzon
    George Curzon
    • Gibson
    Frank Atkinson
    Frank Atkinson
    • Policeman Shot Behind Mattress
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Betty Baskcomb
    • Lawrence's Maid
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Cot D'Ordan
    • Concierge
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Tony De Lungo
    • Hotel Manager
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Clare Greet
    Clare Greet
    • Mrs. Brockett
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Pat Hagan
    • Policeman at Siege
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Joan Harrison
    Joan Harrison
    • Secretary
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Edward A. Hill-Mitchelson
    • Minor Role
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • Regie
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Drehbuch
      • Charles Bennett
      • D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
      • Edwin Greenwood
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    Snow Leopard

    British Version is Fast-Paced, Witty, & Atmospheric

    Both versions of Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" are well worth watching, and each one has its own strong points. While this British version cannot match the Hollywood remake in terms of star power and lavish production, it has several strengths of its own: it is fast-paced, filled with wit, and nicely atmospheric. Despite being 20 years older, it is also more 'modern' in its portrayal of the woman whose child is kidnapped.

    Aside from Peter Lorre, always a big plus to any movie, the cast does not have too many names that would be familiar to today's audiences, but they all are good actors who fit in well with the style of Hitchcock's British films, exuding self-control and good-natured wit even in the most trying of circumstances. Edna Best as the heroine is noticeably different from Doris Day, lacking the glamour but giving a convincing performance as a more determined, resourceful mother.

    There are some interesting settings in this version, too, with much of the action taking place in some interesting buildings in a less elegant neighborhood in London. A lot of it looks a bit murky in the old black-and-white print, but in a sense even that adds to the atmosphere.

    Certainly there are those who have good reasons for preferring the remake, but every Hitchcock fan should watch the original, too. Hitchcock's British films had a pleasant style all their own, and while this one might not measure up to "The Lady Vanishes" or "The 39 Steps", it's still very entertaining.
    7BaronBl00d

    Peter Lorre - the Scene Stealer

    I must confess that I rather like this earlier version more than the definitely more polished, bigger budgeted 1956 version. Don't get me wrong, that film is a fine film too, but the lower budget, the quick pace, and the presence of Peter Lorre make this one a gem. Alfred Hitchcock, the undeniable maser of suspense, shows his early skills as a director able to create suspense and engineer circumstances that affect individuals who would normally NOT be affected by them - a Hitchcock trademark. Here we have Leslie Banks and Edna Best playing the parents of a young teen girl who has been kidnapped because her parents were the last ones spoken to by a man(a friend) at a party in a European country. Intrigue abounds, the man tells Best who then tells Banks of a note in a brush handle that alerts them to some international incident that will occur in England. Well, the kidnappers alert them of what they have done and shut them up. But through parental devotion, once in England, the father begins to hunt for his daughter. This film has all those Hitchcock trademarks that we know Hitchcock for. We have the normal person(s) put into extremely difficult and complicated situations. We have expressive camera angles. We have humour amidst taut, tense action. We have good, all-around acting. Banks, just a year or so removed from his awesome portrayal of General Zaroff in The Most Dangerous Game, gives an incredibly low-key, convincing performance as a father trying to find his daughter no matter what. He is able to inject light touches of humour here and there to make his performance all the more real. Best is adequate although a bit wooden. Hugh Wakefield as the uncle is a real hoot. Cicely Oates as a nurse is also very convincing. Peter Lorre; however, solidifies his English/American career as a heavy. Coming from a Hungarian background and not able to speak English yet, Lorre learns his part phonetically - which is all the more impressive when you see his performance as a killer with little scruples yet a generous sense of humour. Lorre conveys menace in his ever-alert eyes and his almost sugary voice. Hitchcock knows just how to use him and the climatic scene really is pulled off rather well. This movie is not very long and it is a tad creaky. It has little budget as well, but it conveys lots of action and suspense and has some very good performances. The air of conspiracy, another director's trademark touch, pervades the film almost from beginning to end.
    6ma-cortes

    Mystery and tension in the first international hit of the suspense magician

    The tale deals with a marriage (Leslie Banks and Edna Best) and their daughter (Nova Pilbeam) on holiday in Saint Moritz , Switzerland . They are witnesses for the assassination of their friend Louis (Pierre Fresnay) , before giving them a message and then they become involved into a confuse and obscure international plot , concerning their abducting daughter .

    The movie gets the seed in which later emerged many Hitchcock's suspense pictures . In fact , Alfred Hitchcock reverted back to the more familiar territory of a suspense/intrigue thriller after the lousy result in Walzes from Vienna (1934) . It has a typical theme of the suspense master : innocent people become caught up into a cobweb of intrigue . The film displays interesting issues and a good cast , as an excellent Peter Lorre in his first English role , he interprets a clever and uncanny villain . However , the plot isn't narrated in agility and it seems some forced . The film highlights are the following ones : the happenings at the Royal Albert Hall of London , the rescue of the kidnapped daughter in the Tabernacle of the Sun and the final showdown remembers the authentic events on riots in Sidney Street , year 1911 , where a lot of citizens died . At the time the general public loved it and obtained smash-hit . Hitchcock's remade in 1956 is considered much better and with more lavish setting and glimmer color , besides , being starred by James Stewart and Doris Day singing : Que sera , sera . Rated : Good but dated .
    8AlsExGal

    Hitchcock's first film take on this tale...

    ...of a family that becomes entangled with a spy ring. Bob (Leslie Banks) and Jill Lawrence (Edna Best), along with teen daughter Betty (Nova Pilbeam), vacations in the Swiss Alps where they learn of an assassination plot masterminded by the bizarre Abbott (Peter Lorre). The gang kidnaps Betty to ensure the silence of the Lawrences until the assassination, set to take place in London at the Royal Albert Hall, but Bob and Jill try to rescue their daughter first. Also featuring Hugh Wakefield, Frank Vosper, Cicely Oates, and Pierre Fresnay.

    I like this more every time I see it. Peter Lorre, in his English-language debut, makes for one of Hitchcock's most entertaining villains. It's remarkable that Lorre delivered his lines phonetically, not yet being proficient in English. I also liked Cicely Oates as Lorre's coldly efficient "nurse". The film's finale, a protracted shoot-out between the gang and the police, is well done, shockingly violent for the time, and full of little visual gags.

    There's also a harrowing trip to the dentist, the big Albert Hall concert scene, a quick turn by French star Pierre Fresnay as Lawrence family friend, and a dachshund. This film is inevitably compared to the 1956 remake, and I've always liked this original take more.
    6mstomaso

    Interesting idea, not the best execution

    Hitccock's first major release in the USA and Peter Lorre's first English-speaking role are two firsts scored by this 1934 thriller. This is, of course, also Hitchcock's first attempt to to make this film. His second, released in the mid-50s was more successful and better funded. This very British and relatively pithy film retains most of the character of Hitchcock's earlier efforts, but is lean and economical, with less camera play and simpler cinematography and pacing.

    The acting is generally very good. Of the main cast, Nova Pilbeam, who plays the kidnapped daughter of Leslie Banks and Edna Best, is the only survivor today, at the age of 87. Most of the action centers on Banks,and he is fine, but (and I tend to think this is Hitchcock's doing) very emotionally compressed throughout the film. Banks' Bob Lawrence has a loving, flirty, wife (Best) and a delightful young daughter (Pilbeam). They are away on holiday in the alps when a new friend of their is shot dead while dancing with Best. As he dies, he passes along some information which creates the family's predicament. Lorre and his people kidnap young Pilbeam in exchange for Banks' silence, and he must then decide what to do. It seems that no matter what he does, his daughter is likely to die.

    It is remarkable that Lorre did not even know what he was saying throughout most of this performance. The legendary actor, as usual, dominates all of his scenes and gives the film a creepy, psychotic feeling that would have been difficult to achieve without him.

    The plot is a bit light on logic, but brisk, satisfyingly convoluted and entertaining. The script is OK, but often maintains too stiff an upper lip. A few opportunities for elaboration were missed - probably a limitation inherent in the original Wyndham Lewis story. I think it would have been interesting (and more credible) if the authorities had followed up on their knowledge that Banks knew something and trailed him throughout the film. This could have added an extra layer of potential suspense, mystery and obfuscation, since Best's heightened paranoia might have lead him to suspect all sorts of things about anybody keeping tabs on him.

    Hitchcock definitely knew he had a potential gem here, and it is a credit to him that he revitalized the film with Jimmy Stewart in the 1950s - after establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with.

    Worth seeing for Hitchcock fans and those interested in early British film as well as fans of the 1950s version. O/w only very mildly recommended.

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    • Wissenswertes
      When Peter Lorre arrived in Great Britain, his first meeting with a British director was with Sir Alfred Hitchcock. By smiling and laughing as Hitchcock talked, the director was unaware that Lorre, a Hungarian, had a limited command of the English language. Hitchcock subsequently decided to cast Lorre in this movie, and the young actor learned much of his part phonetically.
    • Patzer
      (at around 21 mins) When Bob Lawrence and his daughter exit the chalet porch to watch the trap shoot, Bob pushes the left door outwards. When the camera cuts to an outside view of their leaving the building, it's the other door that is swinging shut, and it is closing from the inside.
    • Zitate

      Abbott: Tell her they may soon be leaving us. Leaving us for a long, long journey. How is it that Shakespeare says? "From which no traveler returns." Great poet.

    • Verbindungen
      Edited into 365 days, also known as a Year (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Storm Clouds Cantata
      (1934) (uncredited)

      Music by Arthur Benjamin

      Words by D.B. Wyndham-Lewis

      Performed by London Symphony Orchestra

      Under the direction of H. Wynn Reeves

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 18. Mai 2019 (Deutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Sprachen
      • Englisch
      • Deutsch
      • Italienisch
      • Französisch
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      • El hombre que sabía demasiado
    • Drehorte
      • Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich(finale)
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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      • 40.000 £ (geschätzt)
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 247 $
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      • 1 Std. 15 Min.(75 min)
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