Peter Voss Movies
- 1991
This horror spoof boasts pun-filled dialogue by the always off-center Forrest J. Ackerman, who gained genre fame in the 1960s as the editor of "Famous Monsters Of Filmland" and "Spacemen" publications. Ackerman also has a cameo appearance in the film. Knowledgeable fans of early movies and silents from the horror genre will notice numerous visual tributes to such classics as London After Midnight. In the story, a piece of film from that era is burning, and a vampire from one of those films emerges from it. An additional touch is that the vampire can only communicate by miming, as he is from silent films. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Silvio Francesco, Forrest J. Ackerman, (more)
- 1939
Wasser Fur Canitoga (Water for Canitoga) is a duck-billed platypus of a film: a German-language western, filmed in Canada and designed as anti-British propaganda. Hans Albers, in 1939 Germany's most popular male actor, plays the rough-and-tumble hero. Falsely accused of sabotaging the system that pipes water to a remote Canadian outpost. The climax finds Albers struggling to save the subterranean piping machinery, at the cost of his own life. As he lies dying on the floor of the local saloon, his fellow miners strike up a soulful chorus of "Good-bye, Johnny!" This scene alone is worth the admission price of the slow-moving but undeniably compelling Wasser Fur Canitoga. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1935
Originally Gruene Ist Die Heide, this German romantic drama was based on a novel by Hermann Loens. The story centers upon a romance between a handsome young forest ranger and his lady friend. Having spent several years trying to track down a mysterious poacher, our hero is taken aback when he discovers that the man he's looking for is the heroine's father. Rather than run off to parts unknown, the poacher elects to make amends to those he's wronged. Ironically, the old man is killed while trying to prevent another poacher from stealing a prize doe. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Camilla Spira, Theodor Loos, (more)
- 1933
Reifende Jugend was a variation on the 1933 film hit Maedchen in Uniform, minus the homosexual subtext (after all, Hitler was now in power!) The basic storyline concentrates on the boarding-school training of clean-limned, Aryan youth, all for the greater good of the Fatherland. Heroine Elfriede (Hertha Thiele) has a crush on professor Kerner (Peter Voss), while blond, blue-eyed Nehring (Albert Florath) is hopelessly enamored of Elfriede. This is but one of a surfeit of subplots which have the overall effect of weighing down the film. The subliminal pro-Nazi message of Reifend Jugend is more obvious in retrospect than it was in 1936. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Heinrich George, Peter Voss, (more)
- 1931
Der Pranke translates as The Paw, a title that makes more sense within context. It's an action thriller, utilizing as background an auto race in Rome. The excitement quotient is offset by humor and romance, not to mention villainy from unexpected sources. The comely Charlotte Susa plays the object of everyone's affections, while Fritz Rasp, best known for his work in the films of G.W. Pabst, likewise figures prominently in the story. Critics in 1931 admired the film's direction and cinematography but felt that the sound quality left a lot to be desired. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlotte Susa, Fritz Rasp, (more)
