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VENUS VOR GERICHT (1941)

Hannes Stelzer, Hansi Knoteck and Paul Dahlke, Hans H. Zerlett
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$9.99

Der Bildhauer Peter Brake, ein früher Anhänger des Nationalsozialismus, ist ein Gegner der modernen Kunst, die er für entartet hält. Um ein Zeichen zu setzen, schafft er eine Venus-Statue im Stil der griechischen Antike und vergräbt sie im Wald. Als sie im Jahr 1930 ausgegraben wird, hält man sie für eine zweitausend Jahre alte, antike Statue. Peter erklärt vor Gericht, dass er der Schöpfer der Statue sei, aber man glaubt ihm nicht und will ihn des Meineids überführen. Die Einzige, die die Wahrheit bezeugen könnte, ist die junge Frau, die Peter für die Figur Modell gestanden hat. Doch da diese inzwischen mit einem Bürgermeister verheiratet ist, will Peter ihr keine Schwierigkeiten bereiten und schweigt.

The sculptor Peter Brake, an early supporter of the National Socialists, is an enemy of modern art, which he considers decedent. To set an example, he sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue. Peter tells the court, that he is the creator of the statue, but no one believes him and he is threatened with a charge of perjury. The only person who can verify the veracity of Peter's claim is the young girl, who posed for the sculpture. But since she has in the meantime married the mayor, Peter doesn't want to cause any problems for her and so keeps his mouth shut. 

 

THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).


DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel). APPROX. 107 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL. WELL-USED, VHS-LIKE, UNCLEAR FILM QUALITY OVERALL.

 


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Prank turns sour, 5/18/2021 3:53 PM
From: Wolfie
Farce about a young sculptor whose creation is sold to the state by an unscrupulous dealer and declared 'ancient' by a bunch of self-righteous 'experts'.
Sound quality is fairly bad through much of the movie - they should have filmed further away from the waterfall - picture quality a little washed-out in some spots.
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