Poor Violetta
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Poor Violetta |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | about 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Ludwig Stein |
| script |
Hanns Kräly , freely based on The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger |
| production | Paul Davidson |
| camera | Fritz Arno Wagner |
| occupation | |
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Armen Violetta is a German silent film drama from 1920 directed by Paul Ludwig Stein with Pola Negri in the leading role.
action
The story takes Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias as a template and transposes it into the modern (early 20th century) and into another environment.
Violetta comes from a broken family. Her father is a drinker and hits her, whereupon the girl escapes her parents' home. From now on she works as a flower girl and can therefore eat more poorly than right. As a result of a car accident, she meets the so-called “better circles”. After she becomes the lover of a bored do-for-nothing and good-for-nothing, she meets the writer Alfred Germont and is accepted into his house by him.
Out of consideration for Alfred's sick sister Clare and their father, who does not consider Violetta to be "the right way to deal with" Alfred, she leaves the talented writer under a flimsy pretext. And again poor Violetta comes across a feudal bon vivant who devotes himself exclusively to the joys of life, but who is not good for her. Violetta has not forgotten Alfred, her great love. Finally, a few months later, she developed severe lung disease. On the deathbed there is a reconciliation with Alfred, then Violetta breathes out her life.
Production notes
Poor Violetta was created in the Union Ufa studio in Berlin-Tempelhof . The film passed the censorship on December 21, 1920, was banned from young people, and was premiered on Christmas Eve of the same year in the UT Kurfürstendamm. The length of the five-act was 2070 meters.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Material, game and scenery excellent, photos very good. A hit. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Poor Violetta in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Violetta arms in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Poor Violetta at filmportal.de