Blocked Signals
{{Short description|1948 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =Blocked Signals
| image =File:Blocked Signals.jpg
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| director = Johannes Meyer
| producer = Heinz Laaser
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Edith Hamann
- Eberhard Keindorff
- {{ill|Wolf Neumeister|de}}
- Helmuth Schönnenbeck
}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| music = Hans-Martin Majewski
| cinematography = Georg Bruckbauer
| editing = Anneliese Schönnenbeck
| studio = Ondia-Filmproduktion
| distributor = Panorama-Film
| released = {{film date|1948|12|17|df=y}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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Blocked Signals ({{langx|de|Blockierte Signale}}) is a 1948 German thriller film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Heidi Kürschner, Heinz Engelmann, and Wolfgang Lukschy.Bock & Bergfelder p. 305
Plot
The story takes place in the port of Hamburg in 1947. The manager of a transport company is found dead, he has been murdered. The police investigation revealed that sinister business was being transacted through the company: Drugs and medicines in particular were trafficked or smuggled. The traffickers prove to be tough as nails in carrying out their unlawful activities. The young helmsman Klaus Kröger also feels this when he gets involved in the affair. But who is behind these machinations, who is the head of the gang? Bruno Kalpak and the forwarder Löllgen come under suspicion. Eventually, the go-getting protagonist takes the initiative and helps the investigating police inspector Ostendorff to dig out the entire gang when the latter is about to rob an entire freight train on the banks of the Elbe. The murderer also falls into the clutches of the police.
Background
Blocked Signals was created in the film studios of Hamburg-Volksdorf and Hamburg-Ohlstedt as well as in the port of Hamburg (outdoor shots). The film passed the Allied film censors in December 1948 and premiered on 17 December 1948 in Göttingen. The Berlin premiere took place on 16 September 1949 in the west of the city.{{fact|date=November 2024}}
Friedrich Kurth took over the production management. Peter Röhrig designed the film structures.{{fact|date=November 2024}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Heidi Kürschner as Mary-Ann
- Heinz Engelmann as Klaus Kröger, Steuermann
- Wolfgang Lukschy as Bruno Kalpak
- Walter Franck as Löllgen, Spediteur
- Carl Voscherau as Brinkmann
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Der Baron
- Hilla Höfer as "Bulli"—Frau Garfs
- S.O. Schoening as Garfs
- Helmuth Rudolph as Ostendorff, the police inspector
- Hans Richter as Ostendorff's assistant
- Horst Beck as Assistant Franke
- Hans Kettler as Maraun
- K. Kramer as Jensen
- Konrad Mayerhoff as Petrowitsch
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References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0313295}}
{{Johannes Meyer}}
Category:1940s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Johannes Meyer
Category:Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:German thriller films
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