Blondes for Export (German: Export in Blond) is a 1950 West German crime thriller film directed by Eugen York and starring Lotte Koch, Catja Görna and René Deltgen. Norbert Jacques wrote the screenplay, adapting his own novel.[1][2] It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location around Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter.
| Blondes for Export | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Eugen York |
| Written by | Norbert Jacques (novel) |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Oskar Schnirch |
| Edited by | Walter Fredersdorf |
| Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
Production company | Standard-Filmverleih |
| Distributed by | Lloyd Film |
Release date | 10 April 1950 |
Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Plot edit
In Hamburg during the late 1940s, a blonde young girl is kidnapped by human traffickers and taken to South America.
Cast edit
- Lotte Koch as Yvonne Moréen
- Catja Görna as Iris Gorla
- René Deltgen as Frank Olman
- Albrecht Schoenhals as Gorla
- Peter van Eyck as Rolf Carste
- Ursula Grabley as Emmi Kruschke
- Ursula Herking as Fräulein Lührs
- Änne Bruck as Frau Hessling
- Carl-Heinz Schroth as Roschek
- Albert Florath as Professor
- Hans Leibelt as Intendant Hallerstedt
- Hans Richter as Artist Freddie
- Franz Schafheitlin as Polizeikommissar in Rio
- Josef Dahmen as Armand
- Peter Mosbacher as Alvaro
- Just Scheu as Direktor bei Lloyds
- Theo Pöppinghaus as Aldo
- Erich Weiher as Polizeibeamter
- Joachim Rake as Perreira
- Theo Tecklenburg as Südländer
Production edit
The film is the second adaptation of the Luxembourgish 1927 novel Plüsch und Plümowski by Norbert Jacques,[3] the first being the 1927 film The Bordello in Rio.[4][5]
Reception edit
A retrospective commentary from the Lexikon des internationalen Filmen finds the "theme (of human trafficking) treated in an unrealistic and cheap sensationalistic way."[6]
See also edit
White slavery was the subject of various films, including the following:
- White Cargo (1937)
- Cargaison blanche (1958)
- Final Destination: Red Lantern (1960)
References edit
- ^ Elsaesser & Wedel p.142
- ^ "NJ-Bibliographie Nachträge". www.sulb.uni-saarland.de. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Luxemburger Autorenlexikon". Luxemburger Autorenlexikon (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ WEIDNER, CAROLIN (2014-04-30). "Ein Potpourri der Stereotype". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). p. 05. ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ Alanen, Antti (2014-10-05). "Antti Alanen: Film Diary: Das Frauenhaus von Rio / Girls for Sale. Rio's Road to Hell". Antti Alanen. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Export in Blond". www.filmdienst.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-17."
Bibliography edit
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. The BFI companion to German cinema. British Film Institute, 1999.
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