A Matter of Minutes

In the fourth part of brilliant Robert Siodmak's distinguished career ,"Dorothea Angermann" ,although based on a work by the same writer as the highly superior "Die Ratten" ,is a poor man's melodrama.The viewer feels sorry for Ruth Leuwerick who was a wonderful "Sisi" before Romy Schneider .The screenplay is hackneyed,as old as the hills and there is nothing to grab for the fans of of the genre (and I am part of them).Coming after the stunning overlooked "Nachts,Wenn Der Teufel Kam" ,this story of a minister's daughter ,pregnant by a brute who leads a wild life with his friends and who affords orgies all day and night , who has got to renege on her true love ,has been filmed a hundred times and more !Only Siodmak's completists need to get this,among all his other great movies around.