{"id":2262,"date":"2007-02-08T11:25:48","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T18:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2020-12-13T17:18:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:18:38","slug":"lost-one-the-der-verlorene-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2262","title":{"rendered":"Lost One, The \/ Der Verlorene (1951)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Debts must be paid.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Poster-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Poster-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Poster.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA German scientist (Peter Lorre) during WWII murders his fiancee (Renate Mannhardt) when he finds out she has slept with his colleague (Karl John) and leaked information about their work to the Allied forces. He soon finds himself unable to resist killing again, and vows to hunt down John, in order to end the cycle of violence.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Studies<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>German Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lorre Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;very peculiar&#8221; movie &#8212; Peter Lorre&#8217;s sole directorial effort, filmed in Germany &#8212; &#8220;takes a while to get started&#8221; but makes for interesting and provocative viewing. Lorre &#8220;combines realism&#8230; and expressionism&#8221; in what amounts to an &#8220;extremely impressive&#8221; visual style &#8212; evidence of his sadly underused talent. As pointed out by Peary and other reviewers, Lorre&#8217;s chain-smoking Dr. Rothe:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5-1024x645.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5-1024x645.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5-1536x968.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5-429x270.png 429w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre5.png 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; a variation on the many other murderous, neurotic characters he played over the years &#8212; could be seen as symbolizing &#8220;Germany&#8217;s collective guilt during the postwar era&#8221;. Just as Hitler brainwashed most Germans into believing they had the moral right to abuse their non-gentile neighbors (eventually culminating in their complicit acceptance of mass genocide), it is the Gestapo&#8217;s convenient cover-up of Rothe&#8217;s initial impulse-murder which leads him down the slippery slope of increasingly frequent homicidal urges: if one was so easy, why not commit more? <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we never really learn <em>why<\/em> Rothe feels such impulses to kill; he doesn&#8217;t appear to be psychopathic (he&#8217;s too guilt-ridden for this), and any &#8220;issues&#8221; he may hold with women (who are inexplicably drawn to him, again and again) aren&#8217;t sufficiently explored. In addition, the film suffers from a rambling narrative which &#8220;takes some unnecessary turns&#8221; &#8212; at one point Rothe &#8220;stumbles on the collaborators of a Hitler-assassination plot&#8221;, which has nothing to do with the primary story, and simply confuses viewers. Despite these flaws, however, <em>Der Verlorene<\/em> &#8212; unreleased in the United States until 1985 &#8212; remains fascinating viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Lorre&#8217;s understated yet masterful performance as the guilt-ridden doctor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2-1024x687.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2-128x86.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2-403x270.png 403w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Lorre2.png 1531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine performances by each of the supporting actresses in the cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still-1536x991.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still-418x270.png 418w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still.png 1579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3-405x270.png 405w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Still3.png 1521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Karl John as Hosch, Lorre&#8217;s dangerously arrogant colleague<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John-1024x666.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John-1536x999.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John-415x270.png 415w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-John.png 1585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric direction and cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2-1536x1010.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2-411x270.png 411w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography2.png 1541w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography-1536x965.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography-430x270.png 430w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Lost-One-Cinematography.png 1613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. While it&#8217;s not a perfect film, <em>The Lost One<\/em> is evidence of Lorre&#8217;s sadly underused talent as a director. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0044188\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/08\/01\/movies\/film-1951-lost-one-directed-by-peter-lorre.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/62909.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Debts must be paid.&#8221; Synopsis: A German scientist (Peter Lorre) during WWII murders his fiancee (Renate Mannhardt) when he finds out she has slept with his colleague (Karl John) and leaked information about their work to the Allied forces. He soon finds himself unable to resist killing again, and vows to hunt down John, in order to end the cycle of violence. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Studies Flashback Films German Films Nazis Peter Lorre Films Revenge Scientists Serial&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2262\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2262"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57672,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions\/57672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}