Agnes Arnau and her three suitors
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| Original title | Agnes Arnau and her three suitors |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 64, 68 minutes |
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| Director | Rudolf Biebrach |
| script | Robert Wiene |
| production | Oskar Messter |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| camera | Karl friend |
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Agnes Arnau and her three suitors is a German silent film comedy from 1918 with Henny Porten in the title role.
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A comedy from the Biedermeier period .
Baron Hermann von Hermanntitz and landowner Arnau have agreed in advance: Arnau's daughter Agnes and Hermann's son Hans should marry each other without ever meeting. But Hans does not behave appropriately - as one would expect in aristocratic circles. He prefers to choose art and wants to become a painter. Since he seems to be out of the running, Hermanntitz sends his younger filius, Tony, in front. But Agnes is not in the least willing to allow her father to sell her off so easily, especially since she doesn't know either of the Hermanntitz offspring at all. And so she got an idea: When her father had to travel, she “organized” the tavern sign from the village inn and had it attached to the castle entrance. The interior of the palace is also being remodeled into an inn.
She persuades the paternal servants to join in the fun and pretend to be waiters and waitresses. Soon there is a real hustle and bustle: Hans enters first, an actor next, who is supposed to pretend to be the same on behalf of Tony. In the meantime, the real Tony has made friends with a comedy troupe in the real bar, from which he has chosen his “deputy” and sent him to the castle. After all, the real Tony wants to know what's going on at the castle and also stops at the wrong pub. Suddenly Agnes Arnau has three applicants for her favor. She decides on the first one, Hans, the painter.
Production notes
The four-act film was shot in the Messter-Film-Atelier, Blücherstraße 32, in the spring of 1918 and was 1,392 meters or (after the re-censorship in April 1921) 1,308 meters in length. At the censorship in May 1918 youth bans were issued. The premiere took place on May 24, 1918 in the Berlin Mozart Hall .
Costumes and constructions come from Ludwig Kainer .