Peter Lorre

[filmfan]

Just picked up this biography...it looks like a good one..."The Lost One...A Life of Peter Lorre" by Stephen Youngkin (613 pages, University Press of Kentucky)

There appears to have been alot of research done on this book, with some great early photos and what appears to be a well annotated Stage Screen and Radio.

At least there is SOMETHING being written about him out there, chronicling his life and career...especially about the pre-"M" and "M" early years in Germany.

[tryavna]

Just picked up this biography...it looks like a good one..."The Lost One...A Life of Peter Lorre" by Stephen Youngkin (613 pages, University Press of Kentucky)

There appears to have been alot of research done on this book, with some great early photos and what appears to be a well annotated Stage Screen and Radio.

At least there is SOMETHING being written about him out there, chronicling his life and career...especially about the pre-"M" and "M" early years in Germany.

I hope it contains some of the better Lorre anecdotes, which can be a riot. My favorite is (perhaps an apocryphal) one that Vincent Price was fond of telling: He and Lorre supposedly attended a showing of Bela Lugosi's body before Lugosi's funeral, and of course, Lugosi asked to be buried in his full Dracula costume (with cape). At one point, Lorre leaned over to Price and whispered, "Do you think we should drive a stake through his heart just in case?"

It's too good a story not to be true!

[filmfan]

tryavna,

It is FULL of anecdotes !

He was quite the, what they used say, raconteur in addition to generating lots of interesting stories themselves. This is probably why is was so tight with Bogart and others like him, who wouldn't suffer fools as part of their close-knit group, but enjoyed poking LOTS of fun at the hypocrisy of their profession as well as Life itself.

It is always a pleasure to read, and re-read biographies about these people from this special film era. It was a special time.

[David Ehrenstein]

I've see Der Verlorene too, and like The Night of the Hunter it's a superb one-off by a great actor. Lorre, it must never be forgotten, got his star in German theater of the Weimar era. He was an incredibly cultured and sophisticated man. Sad that Hollywood was only interested in a 10th of his talent. Sad too that this film, made on his return to Germany after the war, did so poorly. But I'm sure that's because of its message, whihc views the murderousness of the Nazi era as not an aberration, but part of the national character.

[filmfan]

I've see Der Verlorene too, and like The Night of the Hunter it's a superb one-off by a great actor.

David, Is this available on dvd anywhere, in, "ahem", any form ?

[David Ehrenstein]

Not that I know of, alas.

[filmfan]

I've see Der Verlorene too, and like The Night of the Hunter it's a superb one-off by a great actor. Lorre, it must never be forgotten, got his star in German theater of the Weimar era. He was an incredibly cultured and sophisticated man. Sad that Hollywood was only interested in a 10th of his talent. Sad too that this film, made on his return to Germany after the war, did so poorly. But I'm sure that's because of its message, whihc views the murderousness of the Nazi era as not an aberration, but part of the national character.

According to the book, Lorre boiled down his craft to others as a job of "making faces". But his career reveals this to be a little more than just that.

[David Ehrenstein]

According to the book, Lorre boiled down his craft to others as a job of "making faces". But his career reveals this to be a little more than just that.

I don't see this at all --particularly in his own film.

[filmfan]

It was his self-deprecating nature...another characteristic from this multi-fasceted personality.

[Lino]

From DVDdrive-in:

Peter Lorre Fans Rejoice!
In what promises to be "the first wave" of further classic "Mr. Moto" DVD collections, Fox Home Video will release the MR. MOTO COLLECTION: VOLUME 1. The four-disc set will include Peter Lorre starring in MR. MOTO TAKES A CHANCE, MYSTERIOUS MR. MOTO, THANK YOU MR. MOTO and THINK FAST MR. MOTO. The set will retail for $59.98 and be released on August 1.

[HerrSchreck]

Any update from Warner giving a release date of MAD LOVE?

[Antoine Doinel]

I love Peter Lorre. I can't believe I'm the first one mentioning it, but of course, Casablanca. M is really his ultimate role.

Has anyone seen Huston's In This Our Life? From IMDB:

A modern source includes Humphrey Bogart, 'Mary Astor' , Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane and Elisha Cook Jr. as patrons of the Southside Tavern, where director John Huston's famous actor/father Walter Huston was a bartender in a cameo role. There were only 6 other men at the bar, none of whom remotely looked like any of these actors. And there were no women in the tavern except for Bette Davis. These actors were just not in the film.

[barnyard078]

I just watched th 1934 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much and I thought he was great in it. I don't think I've seen a bad Peter Lorre performance, granting that I haven't seen a large amount of his roles. I've seen Casablanca, M, and I'm going to watch Secret Agent within the next few days. Plus, when the Maltese Falcon SE comes out this year, I will finally see that.

Lorre is a fave of mine as well. Harvard Film Archive ran a mini- retrospective of his films earlier the year.... i think... would have loved to had made that. I was first exposed to him in the Mr. Moto films. (Hello DVD Box Set anyone? anyone?). I loved Charlie Chan but Mr. Moto was smarter...less Budha... more funny.

Box set coming in August. From DavisDVD:

Due on August 1st from 20th Century Fox is The Mr. Moto Collection vol. 1, a four-disc set with the films Mr. Moto Takes a Chance, Mysterious Mr. Moto, Thank You Mr. Moto and Think Fast, Mr. Moto. Retail is $59.98.

[Lino]

Anyone interested in Peter Lorre needs to check out his 60's AIP output. He's priceless in those flicks. The Raven is a gem!

[mingus]

Great News: Finally Peter Lorre's Masterpiece Der Verlorene / The Lost One is coming in R2 as a 2disc SE in November from Arthaus. What a great surprise. I really didn't expect it anymore that soon. =D>

[bergelson]

Any chance for English subtitles?

[mingus]

Any chance for English subtitles?

Possibly, but no confirmed details as of yet. I'll report back if i hear something new.



Special Feature: Making Of Documentary: Peter Lorre - Das doppelte Gesicht (Harun Farocki, 1984) 59min.

Peter Lorre - Das doppelte Gesicht

Der Verlorene (Arthaus Premium)

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Detailinformationen

BRD, 1951, FSK16
(freigegeben ab 16 Jahren)
Bestellnummer: 7224344

Drama, s / w, 93 Min.
Regie: Peter Lorre
Darsteller: Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph, Renate Mannhardt, Johanna Hofer
Filmmusik: Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Sprache: Deutsch
Bild: 4:3
Specials: Neu produziertes Making of, Doku "Peter Lorre Das doppelte Gesicht" (1984) von Harun Farocki

Zum Inhalt des Films

Dr. Karl Rothe entwickelt in den letzten Kriegsjahren ein bedeutsames Impfserum. Seine Verlobte leitet die Forschungsergebnisse heimlich an ihren Vater in Schweden weiter. Als sie Rothe den Verrat beichtet und er zudem erfahren muss, dass sie ein Verhältnis mit seinem Assistenten Hoesch hat, kommt es zu einer Kurzschlusshandlung. Im Affekt tötet Rothe die Frau, die er liebt. Doch der Vorfall wird vertuscht. Rothes Forschungen sind dem Nazistaat wichtiger, als Rothes Wunsch nach Sühne. Nur Rothe kann mit der Schuld nicht leben.

Pressestimmen

Lexikon des Int. Films: "Ein Arzt wird 1943 wegen kriegswichtiger Forschungsarbeiten von der Gestapo daran gehindert, den Totschlag an seiner Braut zu sühnen, den er im Affekt beging. Ein atmosphärisch sehr dicht und quälend eindringlich gestalteter, hervorragend gespielter Film, der in der deutschen Nachkriegsproduktion seinesgleichen sucht und lange Zeit verkannt blieb."

[Gofter]

Screenshots

No Englisch subs

Special Feature:
Peter Lorre - Das doppelte Gesicht (Harun Farocki, 1984)
Displaced Person - Die Entstehung von Peter Lorres Film 'Der Verlorene' (Robert Fischer, 2007)
Picture Galleries
Biographies
and some PDF Dokuments like a part of Peter Lorres working script