''Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen'' (English: ''And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot'' ) is a movie by

Alfred Vohrer Alfred Vohrer (29 December 1914 – 3 February 1986) was a German film director and actor. He directed 48 films between 1958 and 1984. His 1969 film ''Seven Days Grace'' was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1972 ...

based on the novel '' The Caesar Code'' by

Johannes Mario Simmel Johannes Mario Simmel (7 April 1924 – 1 January 2009), also known as J. M. Simmel, was an Austrian writer. He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to ...

. It was filmed in Vienna and Munich in autumn 1970 and released in March 1971.

Plot

1969. In a

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

bookshop the Argentine chemist Rafaelo Aranda is poisoned by the bookseller Valerie Steinfeld. The bookseller commits suicide immediately afterwards. It seems the bookseller has never met him before. The chemist's son, Manuel Aranda, wants to find out the background of this murder. He finds out that his father has developed chemical weapons of mass destruction and offered to sell them to the United States, the Soviet Union and France. The Secret Services of these countries try to prevent Aranda from publishing these facts. Aranda survives a first sniper attack without even noticing it. Manuel Aranda learns that Valerie Steinfeld was involved in a risky paternity trial during the

Third Reich Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. Her half-Jewish son was to be protected from the Nazis. Valerie Steinfeld had persuaded a friend to claim he was her son's father. The friend had no Jewish background and was a registered member of the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...

. Slowly the suspicion arises that Steinfeld and Rafaelo Aranda might have had to do with each other at this time. With the help of Irene Waldegg, the niece of Valerie Steinfeld, Manuel Aranda finds out about the Nazi past of his father. But Valerie Steinfeld also had her personal secret. Not even Irene Waldegg had known that she also was a part of Valerie Steinfeld's past.

Cast

Alain Noury Alain Noury (born 4 November 1945) is a French actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1967. Selected filmography References External links * 1945 births Living people French male film actors Male actors from Paris ...

- Manuel Aranda *

Horst Tappert Horst Tappert (26 May 1923 – 13 December 2008) was a German film and television actor best known for the role of Inspector Stephan Derrick in the television drama ''Derrick''. Biography Horst Tappert was born on 26 May 1923 in Elberfeld ...

- Lawyer Forster *

Ruth Leuwerik Ruth Leuwerik (; 23 April 1924 – 12 January 2016) was a German film actress, one of the most popular stars of German film during the 1950s. She appeared in 34 films between 1950 and 1977. Leuwerik is probably best known for her portrayal of Mar ...

- Valerie Steinfeld *

Konrad Georg Konrad Georg (1914–1987) was a German film, stage and television actor. A veteran performer he appeared in numerous films and television programmes in West Germany. Between 1963 and 1966 he played the title role in the television crime series ' ...

- Martin Landau *

Horst Frank Horst Frank (28 May 1929 – 25 May 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Der Stern von Afrika'' (19 ...

- Flemming * Judy Winter - Nora Hill *

Doris Kunstmann Doris Kunstmann (born 22 October 1944) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1963. Selected filmography References External links * 1944 births Living people German film actresses German tel ...

- Irene Waldegg *

Heinz Moog Gustav Heinrich Eduard Moog (28 June 1908 – 9 May 1989) was a German actor.http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13495155.html He appeared in more than seventy films from 1943 to 1989. Filmography References External links * Audio r ...

Hofrat ''Geheimrat'' was the title of the highest advising officials at the Imperial, royal or princely courts of the Holy Roman Empire, who jointly formed the ''Geheimer Rat'' reporting to the ruler. The term remained in use during subsequent monarchic r ...

Groll * Eva Zilcher - Tilly Landau * Heinz Baumann - Grant *

Herbert Fleischmann Herbert Fleischmann (1925–1984) was a German film and television actor.Goble p.429 He was married several times including to the actress Ruth Leuwerik. Partial filmography * '' Barbara'' (1961) as Gabriel * ' (1963) as Dr. Konetzki * ''Der Ka ...

- Mercier *

Peter Pasetti Peter Pasetti (1916–1996) was a German stage, television and film actor. He played a number of leading roles in post-Second World War productions such as the operetta film '' A Night in Venice'' (1953).Goble p.446 From the late 1950s he appeared ...

- Santarin * Friedrich G. Beckhaus - Dr. Gloggnigg *

Paul Edwin Roth Paul Edwin Roth (1918–1985) was a German stage, television and film actor. Roth made his screen debut in the rubble film ''And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947).Shandley p.211 He was a regular in West Germany films and television during the post-war ...

- Direktor Friedjung *

Klaus Schwarzkopf Klaus Schwarzkopf (18 December 1922, in Neuruppin – 21 June 1991, in Bochum) was a German actor. From 1971 until 1978 he starred in the Norddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series ''Tatort''. He was also known as a res ...

- Sirius * Jochen Brockmann - Dr. Stein * Bruno Dallansky - Schäfer * Karl Walter Diess - Carlsson * Franz Elkins - Heinz Steinfeld *

Anita Buchegger Anita or ANITA may refer to: Arts * ''Anita'' (1967 film), an Indian film * ''Anita'' (2009 film), an Argentine film * ''Anita'' (2021 film), a Hong Kong film *'' Anita: Swedish Nymphet'', a 1973 erotic film People * Anita (given name), people ...

* Paul Glawion * Mascha Gonska - Bianca * Michael Janisch - Clairon *

Egon von Jordan Egon von Jordan (19 March 1902 – 27 December 1978) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1974. Selected filmography * '' The Ghost of Morton's Castle'' (1922) * ''Young Medardus'' (1923) * ''Lace'' ...

Walter Regelsberger Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

* Robert Werner * Herbert Kersten *

Elisabeth Stiepl Elisabeth Stiepl (born 1920) is an Austrian former film and television actress.Cowie p.66 As a character actress, she appeared in more than ninety film and TV productions during her career in small or supporting parts. Selected filmography * '' D ...

Walter Varndal Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

Ludwig Hirsch Ludwig Hirsch (28 February 1946 – 24 November 2011) was an Austrian singer/songwriter and actor. Life and work Hirsch was born in Sankt Magdalena am Lemberg, Styria, grew up in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna and first studied graphic arts ...

- bell boy

Literature

: ''The Caesar Code''. Time Warner Publishing M/M (1986)

External links

*
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References

1971 films 1970s spy drama films 1970s German-language films German spy drama films West German films Films based on Austrian novels Films set in Vienna Films directed by Alfred Vohrer 1971 drama films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub