Bandit song
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bandit song |
| Original title | The rogue song |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lionel Barrymore |
| script |
Wells Root , John Colton , Frances Marion |
| production |
Paul Bern , Irving Thalberg |
| music | William ax |
| camera |
Percy Hilburn , Charles Edgar Schoenbaum |
| cut | Margaret Booth |
| occupation | |
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Banditenlied is an American operetta film from 1930. The script is based on the libretto of Franz Lehár's operetta Zigeunerliebe by Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky .
action
Russia in 1910. The gang leader Yegor meets Princess Vera. The two fall in love. When Yegor's sister Nadja is raped by Prince Serge, Vera's brother, and commits suicide, Yegor takes revenge and kills Serge. He kidnaps Vera and forces her to be a slave among the bandits. Vera is able to outsmart her kidnapper and lure him into a trap in which he is arrested and flogged by soldiers. Vera asks Yegor for forgiveness. Both love each other, but they know that their love has no future.
criticism
Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times certified director Lionel Barrymore good taste and imagination. The singing of the opera star Lawrence Tibbett outshines everything.
Awards
At the third Academy Awards in 1930 , Lawrence Tibbett was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor .
background
The world premiere took place on May 10, 1930.
The singer Lawrence Tibbett, a baritone from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, made his screen debut in MGM's first complete sound film . The guest appearances of the comedian duo Laurel and Hardy in their first color film were shot shortly before the end.
Cedric Gibbons was responsible for setting the film and Gilbert Adrian for the costumes . Douglas Shearer was responsible for the sound .
Today the film is considered lost. It was the only color film that Laurel and Hardy starred in. There are still fragments, the complete soundtrack with parts of the dialogue also exists and was released on an LP in the 1980s.
Web links
- Bandits song in the Internet Movie Database (English)