On the orders of the Pompadour

Movie
Original title	On the orders of the Pompadour
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1924
length	about 100 minutes
Rod
Director	Friedrich Zelnik
script	René Ferry Alfred Halm
production	Phoebus-Film AG, Berlin
music	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
camera	Georg Muschner Edoardo Lamberti
occupation
Lya Mara : Lucienne / the Pompadour Alwin Neuss : Abel Fernay, owner of the Fernay automobile works Frida Richard : Cathérine Fernay, his mother Jakob Tiedtke : Cyrus Fernay, his brother Alfons Fryland : Engineer / Lieutenant André de Rohan Hans Albers : Duke of Riverolles Max Neumann : David Moulin, accountant Sophie Pagay : Melissa, servant Georges Vaultier : Louis XV. Hermann Boettcher : Lucienne's father Robert Leffler : Herr von Tournehem, Lucienne's uncle Carl Geppert : Charles d'Etoiles Paul Biensfeldt : Binet Friedrich Kuehne Karl Harbacher Ernst Behmer

On the orders of the Pompadour is a German silent film from 1924 with Lya Mara in a double role.

action

The film takes place on two time levels: once in France today and then in the time of Louis XV. in the 18th century.

Lucienne is a young, dynamic woman who, although she loves the chief engineer of her uncle Abel Fernay's car production, is to be forced to marry an unloved man, a noble businessman. Fernay expects this private connection to generate business synergy effects. In order to distract herself from the upcoming, unwanted wedding, Lucienne begins to read through a novel written by her late father.

It is set in the 18th century and is about the love of the handsome lieutenant André de Rohan for the cold-hearted, calculating Marquise de Pompadour. After reading the book to the end and recognizing parallels to her own life, Lucienne now decides to resist the family's wish to marry. Finally, the powerful and wealthy head of the family, Abel Fernay, gives in and approves of Lucienne's decision to marry the engineer.

Production notes

On the orders of the Pompadour , the censorship passed on September 3, 1924 and was premiered on September 25, 1924 in Berlin's Mozart Hall. The film was 2528 meters long, divided into six acts, and was banned from young people. On April 17, 1925, the Pompadour also called in Austria.

The buildings were designed by Willi A. Herrmann .

Reviews

Paimann's film lists summed up: “The subject is appealing in the context of the plot and also quite interesting, while the historical interlude is somewhat too extensive and too loosely related to the rest. Presentation, presentation and photos satisfy. "

Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported: “A lovely story, presented in a charming, graceful manner and played splendidly by the actors. Lya Mara (...) shows herself at the height of her art of flattering the hearts of the audience through grace and mischief. A showpiece is the performance of the great character actress Frida Richard as the kind, wise grandmother of the heroine of the modern part. Lya Mara's partner in both parts is Alfons Fryland: as always, handsome, passionate, classy, ​​short, youthful lover comme il faut. Very good George Vaultier as Louis XV. (…) Friedrich Zelnik's directing deserves unreserved recognition this time. The photography can also be described as quite successful. "

Web links

• On the orders of Pompadour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• On the orders of the Pompadour at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ At the command of the Pompadour in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ “On the orders of the Pompadour”. In:  Neue Freie Presse , April 21, 1925, p. 12 (online at ANNO ).