Four in a Jeep (1951) Die Vier im Jeep (original title)

Directors:

Leopold Lindtberg
Elizabeth Montagu

Writers:

Hans Sahl (scenario collaborator)
Richard Schweizer (scenario)
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Release Date:

30 March 1951 (Switzerland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In post-war Vienna, occupied by the Allies, four sergeants representing each of the occupying nations (USA...

Plot Keywords:

Jeep | Post War | French Soldier | American Soldier | Vienna Austria

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Ralph Meeker	...	Sergeant William Long
Viveca Lindfors	...	Franziska Idinger
Yossi Yadin	...	Sergeant Vassilij Voroshenko (as Yoseph Yodin)
Michael Medwin	...	Sergeant Harry Stuart
Albert Dinan	...	Sergeant Marcel Pasture
Paulette Dubost	...	Germaine Pasture
Harry Hess	...	Captain R. Hammon
Eduard Loibner	...	Hackl, the apartment manager
Hans Putz	...	Karl Idinger
Geraldine Katt	...	Steffi, Harry's girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gregori Chmara	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Rudolf Lenz	...	(uncredited)
François Simon	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Leopold Lindtberg
Elizabeth Montagu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William Harding		dialogue
Hans Sahl		scenario collaborator
Richard Schweizer		scenario
William Michael Treichlinger		scenario collaborator

Produced by
Oscar Düby	....	associate producer (as Oscar Dueby)
Lazar Wechsler	....	producer

Original Music by
Robert Blum

Cinematography by
Emil Berna

Film Editing by
Hermann Haller		(as Herman Haller)

Art Direction by
Werner Schlichting

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kurt Früh	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Rolf Epstein	....	sound recordist

Production Companies

• Praesens-Film

Distributors

• Discifilm (1951) (France) (theatrical)
• Eclair Distribution (1951) (France) (theatrical) (16 mm)
• Praesens-Film (1951) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• S. B. D. C. Films (1951) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Kit Parker Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• United Artists (1951) (USA) (original English soundtrack)

Other Companies

• Studios Rosenhof  studio facilities

Also Known As:

"Die Vier im Jeep" - Switzerland (original title)

Runtime:

USA:80 min | France:95 min

Country:

Switzerland

Language:

French | English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Graz, Styria, Austria

Company:

Praesens-Film

Trivia:

The Soviet Union authorities, who felt insulted by the way the USSR is depicted in the story, protested against the projection of the film in April 1951.

Let's not forget Ralph Meeker.

This movie is not exactly a household name. In fact, this movie may be one of the best kept secrets in the pantheon of movies. Has anyone ever heard of this movie besides me? I guess not. So I'm doing this critique for an audience of one - me. Oh well, might as well proceed. This movie is about four soldiers, one American, One Russian, One British and One French, patrolling in post-war Vienna, Austria, in the period immediately after the end of World War Two and how they interact with each other, and with a certain woman who wants to leave the Russian zone. The American is played by the excellent, and regrettably forgotten actor Ralph Meeker, which gets to the point of this essay. Ralph Meeker was a great actor and he proves it in this movie. Mr. Meeker is one of those stars who shown brightly for a little while and then for reasons unknown his stardom burnt out. This is an obscure movie, and perhaps does not deserve any more attention that it has received thus far, but if that's the case, it's not because of Ralph Meeker, whose performance in this movie deserves at least some consideration, even if the movie itself deserves none.