The Escape in the Silent explained

The Escape in the Silent
Native Name:Flucht ins Schweigen
Director:Siegfried Hartmann
Producer:Alexander Lösche, Horst Klein
Starring:Fritz Diez, Dieter Wien
Music:Karl Schinsky
Cinematography:Rolf Sohre
Editing:Helga Emmrich
Distributor:Progress Film
Runtime:83 minutes
Country:East Germany
Language:German

The Escape in the Silent (German: '''Flucht ins Schweigen''')[1] is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Siegfried Hartmann. It was released in 1966.

Plot

Construction works carried out in a small village in Thuringia reveal the corpses of two members of the Waffen-SS, who seem to have been buried during the end of the Second World War - although no fighting took place in the area. Two forensics experts from the People's Police Investigations Department, Stetter and Hoffmann, arrive in the village to determine the cause of death. At first, they suspect the then owner of the property where the bodies were iscovered; but after questioning him, he is murdered. A golden coin they found leads them to a local woman named Helga, and they reveal the truth behind the matter.

Cast

Production

The script was based on Wolfgang Held's novel, The Death Pays with Ducats, published at 1964.[1]

Reception

At 1966, Albert Wilkening wrote that "this thriller continues the honored tradition of DEFA, by combining the genre with contemporary issues, as well as an important historical and political background."[2] The Eulenspiegel magazine's reviewer commented that "Finally... One must see the film, for the sake of the elusive culmination of its plot."[3] The German Film Lexicon regarded it as "a criminal drama, the powerful statement of which is weakened by formalistic deficiencies."[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Flucht ins Schweigen on DEFA Foundation's website.
  2. Andrea Guder. Genosse Hauptmann auf Verbrecherjagd: der Krimi in Film und Fernsehen der DDR. ARCult Media (2003). . Page 190.
  3. Eulenspiegel Magazine, 1966. . Page 24.
  4. Flucht ins Schweigen on zweitausendundeins.de.