Decoy (1934 film)

Decoy
Decoy
	Film poster
Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Philipp Lothar Mayring; Ludwig von Wohl;
Produced by	Karl Ritter
Starring	Jakob Tiedtke; Viktor de Kowa; Jessie Vihrog;
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Willy Zeyn
Music by	Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	10 November 1934;
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Decoy (German: Lockvogel) is a 1934 German adventure film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Viktor de Kowa, and Jessie Vihrog.^[1] A separate French-language version, The Decoy, was released the following year with a largely different cast. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location in Hamburg, Turkey and the North Sea. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Fritz Maurischat.

Synopsis[edit]

A young man is commissioned by his jeweler father to take a valuable necklace from Istanbul to Marseille. While on the sea voyage he is targeted by a gang of thieves, using a beautiful woman as a decoy. He is eventually assisted by another woman who is secretly in love with him.

Cast[edit]

Jakob Tiedtke as Juwelier Schott
Viktor de Kowa as Schott junior
Jessie Vihrog as Sibyl Termeer
Fritz Rasp as de Groot, ihr Vormund
Hilde Weissner as Delia Donovan
Oskar Sima as Makarian
Paul Westermeier as Robert, Kapitän
Gerhard Bienert as 1. Offizier an Bord der 'Adrian Termeer'
Hugo Fischer-Köppe as 2. Offizier an Bord der 'Adrian Termeer'
Gertrud Wolle as Dame an Bord
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Herr an Bord
Egon Brosig
Josef Dahmen as Bandit
Alfred Gerasch as Perser
Inge Kadon as Perserin
Sonja Krenzisky as Bumbawa
Hede Mehrmann as Weisse Tänzerin
Gustav Püttjer as Matrose
Louis Ralph as Bandit
Ernst Rotmund as Kriminallkommisar
Werner Stock as Matrose

Criticism[edit]

Karlheinz Wendtland confirmed that the film was "designed with speed and all the refinements". Furthermore, he was of the opinion that the film adaptation was not lacking in humor and that it was "completely apolitical despite the director Steinhoff".^[2]

References[edit]

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 460
^ Skopnik, Hans von; Kuhlwein von Rathenow, Horst, eds. (1934-01-01). Das deutsche Reichs-Tierschutzgesetz vom 24. November 1933 (RGS. I S. 987) mit Begründung (Deutscher Reichs- und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger Nr. 281/1933). doi:10.1515/9783111399867. ISBN 9783111399867.

Bibliography[edit]

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links[edit]

Decoy at IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 460

[2] Skopnik, Hans von; Kuhlwein von Rathenow, Horst, eds. (1934-01-01). Das deutsche Reichs-Tierschutzgesetz vom 24. November 1933 (RGS. I S. 987) mit Begründung (Deutscher Reichs- und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger Nr. 281/1933). doi:10.1515/9783111399867. ISBN 9783111399867.

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