Paul Temple

Paul Temple is a fictional mystery writer and private investigator in novels by English writer Francis Durbridge ( 1912-1998 ). Some novels were written with John Thewes, Douglas Rutherford or Charles Hatten. The written with Rutherford novels were published under the joint pseudonym " Paul Temple ", so that the fictional protagonist even occurs here even as an actual " fiction writers " in appearance.

Together with his wife Steve he solves his cases with creativity and intelligence, and from today's perspective, relatively little "action". Among the features of the typical " whodunit " stories ( " Who was it ?") Include ground dialogues and a subtle sense of humor.

Movies

Paul Temple was built in the 1930s, "born" as a radio detective and later adapted for the medium of film, for the first time in 1946 in "Send for Paul Temple ". Overall, there were four feature films to Paul Temple:

Durbridge licensed the character to the BBC, which in 1969 made ​​a 52- part television series from the stories, of which 39 episodes were in the first international co-production in television history, rotated together with ZDF. The main role in the series was played by the English actor Francis Matthews (also known as Lieutenant Compton in Agatha Christie's murder ahoy ( Murder Ahoy 1964 ) The role of Steve ( in the German dubbing often: . Stiefelchen ) played Ros Drinkwater The theme music came from. by Ron Grainer.

Radio plays

From 1938 to 1968, the British BBC produced 29 Paul Temple cases as radio plays, the most famous lineup that's probably with Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve. Since 2005, several radio plays this series will be broadcast by the BBC again and released on CD and cassette.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the NWDR Cologne and the German WDR produced versions of some radio plays. Paul Temple - here by René Deltgen or Paul Klinger (in this case, the " case, Alex " ) spoken - was also a great success Steve borrowed while the actresses Anne Marie Cordes ( eight episodes), Elisabeth Scherer, Margot Leonard, Ursula. long skirt and Irmgard Först her voice. Charlie, servant of the Temple, was represented by Herbert Hennies, Otto Daue and Eric Schildkraut. Sir Graham Forbes was spoken by Kurt Lieck and once by Georg Eilert ( affair Gregory ). Renowned German actor appeared as other actors on how Kerstin de Ahna, Gerd Baltus, Frank Barufski, Friedrich W. Bauschulte, Karl Heinz Bender, Pinkas Braun, Karl Brückel, Heinz von Cleve, Wolfgang Eich Berger, Walter Giller, Arno Görke, Magda Hennings, Serious Hilbich, P. Walter Jacob, Walter Jokisch, Marianne Kehlau, Paul Klinger, Gustav Knuth, Peter René grains, Edith Lechtape, Fritzleo Liertz, Werner Lieven, Jürgen von Manger, Alf Marholm, Kurt Meister, Alwin Joachim Meyer, Lola Müthel, Hermann Pfeiffer, Ursula von Reibnitz, Heinz Schacht, Franz Schafheitlin, Heinz Schimmelpfennig, Karl -Maria Schley, Herbert mason, Lilly Towska, Gisela Trowe, Günther monster, Wolfgang Wahl, Siegfried Vishnevsky and others. Only Peter René grains occurred in nine of the twelve productions 1949-1961 in a variety of roles. Mostly as a mysterious character, either as a perpetrator or a complicated thing in the person. Only once in the " Lawrence case ", he played a detective ( Inspector Ivor ). Margot Leonard, the role of Steve Temple spoke on "Fall Alex " in 1968, then again took over in the eponymous television series, this role, this time as German dubbing voice of Ros Drinkwater.

The directors were Edward Hermann in 10 episodes from 1949 to 1963, Otto Duben in the last two productions and Fritz Schröder -Jahn in Paul Temple and the Affair Gregory ( 1949), along with Edward Hermann. The music for radio plays all comes from Hans Jönsson. For the translation of the English original recorded in most cases Marianne de Barde responsible.

Also, the BR ( Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, directed and Willy Purucker, with Karl John and Rosemarie Fendel, and Fritz Strassner, Adolf Ziegler, Elinor Wallerstein, Horst Tappert, Heidi Brühl, Wolfgang Büttner, Hans Cossy, Jürgen Goslar Ernst Ginsberg ) and the SR (Paul Temple and the Geneva, directed by Wilm ten Haaf ) tried in 1959 and 1966 to Paul Temple radio plays, however, were not as successful as the West German broadcasting.

In the Netherlands, many radio plays were produced and distributed through the London private investigator by the broadcaster AVRO 1939-1969. Most productions are, however, no longer obtain. A special feature is the revised naming of the title character. Thus, on the initiative of then AVRO Director Willem Vogt from Paul Temple Paul Vlaanderen and from his wife Ina Steve. The first radio play was broadcast in February 1939 komt in orde under the title Spreek met Vlaanderen en het. The closure was in January 1969 Paul Vlaanderen en het Alex- mysterie.

All German radio plays

In order of production, re-releases are given in parentheses:

• NWDR 1949: Paul Temple and the Affair Gregory ( lost)
• NWDR 1950/1951: A Case for Paul Temple
• NWDR 1951: Paul Temple and the Curzon (on CD & MC, ISBN 3899402022 )
• NWDR 1953: Paul Temple and the Vandyke (on CD & MC, ISBN 3898133168 )
• NWDR 1954: Paul Temple and the Jonathan (on CD & MC, ISBN 3898133273 )
• NWDR 1955: Paul Temple and the Madison (on CD, ISBN 3898133281 )
• WDR 1957: Paul Temple and the Gilbert (on CD & MC, ISBN 389584926X )
• WDR 1958: Paul Temple and the Lawrence (on CD & MC, ISBN 389940498X )
• WDR 1959: Paul Temple and the Spencer (on CD & MC, ISBN 3898133265 )
• BR 1959: Paul Temple and the Conrad Case
• WDR 1960: Paul Temple and the Conrad (on CD, ISBN 389813329X )
• WDR 1962: Paul Temple and the Margo (on CD & MC, ISBN 3898132366 )
• WDR 1966: Paul Temple and the Geneva (on CD & MC, ISBN 389940405X )
• SR 1966: Paul Temple and the Geneva
• WDR 1967: Paul Temple and the Alex (on CD & MC, ISBN 389940436X )

The English radio plays

( The dates refer to the Erstsendedatum )

Comics

Two briefly published comic series of the Aachen picture magazine publisher and the "Luna - detective novels " by Paul Temple are now one popular items on the collectors' market.

• Paul Temple and the Margo / Paul Temple and the Madison (ISBN 978-3-7466-2236-1 )
• Paul Temple and the Z ( ISBN 978-3-7466-2284-2 )