Bismarck, 1st part
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bismarck, 1st part |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1925 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ernst Wendt |
| script | Ludwig Draw edited by Max Jungk and Julius Urgiss |
| production |
Josef Coböken for Bismarck-Film GmbH, Berlin |
| camera | Ernst Lüttgens |
| occupation | |
and Robert Leffler , Rudolf Lettinger , Maria Santen , Bruno Ziener , Leopold von Ledebur , Philipp Manning , Wolfgang von Schwind , Margarete Schön , Toni Zimmerer , Victor Senger , Ernst Rückert , Erich Kaiser-Titz , Albert Paul , Rio Nobile , Hedwig Pauly- Winterstein , Franz Schönfeld , Hermann Picha , Senta Villain , Georg John , Ernst Bochum , Franz Verdier | |
Bismarck, Part 1 is a German historical film from 1925 with Franz Ludwig in the title role .
action
The individual stages of the life of the young Otto von Bismarck are dealt with like a chronological sheet of pictures: from his childhood as an East Elbe country squire through his student years to his first political experiences as a seasoned conservative in the German provinces. The film ends when Bismarck is appointed Prussian Prime Minister by King Wilhelm I.
Production notes
Bismarck, Part 1 was created in large parts of 1925. The first version was censored on December 10, 1925 and was 3236 meters long, divided into eight acts. The second censorship test on December 22, 1925 shortened the Bismarck film to 3005 meters, but also distributed nine acts. Both versions have also been released for young people. The premiere took place on Christmas Eve 1925 in the Primus Palace.
The Bismarckfilm project was one of the most ambitious cinema projects of the Weimar Republic and, after the lost First World War, was able to give German youth a patriotism carried by the German-national spirit. No expense or effort was spared for this, and one could be sure of the support of the highest authority in the state: A production company was founded especially for this film, Bismarck-Film GmbH. The newly appointed President Paul von Hindenburg could be won as a patron for the mammoth project. A plethora of other well-known experts were called in: Ludwig Manzel took on the artistic advice, Colonel von Hahnke provided the military advice, the sculptor Hans Sametzki acted as a portrait expert for the production of the historical masks (Bismarck, Wilhelm I., Moltke etc.) , and the military scientist Herbert Knötel was hired as a consultant for uniforms and weapons.
Even when creating the script, great importance was attached to historical precision. The two experienced professional authors Max Jungk and Julius Urgiss only appeared as editors of the manuscript written by Ludwigzug and produced with the scientific collaboration of Privy Councilor Erich Marcks and Max Dessoir .
The Bismarck film project was divided into two parts from the start. While this first film from 1925 dealt with the years of the young Bismarck from 1815 to 1862, the second part, which passed the censorship exactly one year after the first part, dealt with Bismarck's late, decisive years as Prussian Prime Minister and German Chancellor. So this strip staged by Curt Blachnitzky was programmatically called Bismarck 1862-1898 . Most of the actors in the first Bismarck film also took on their roles in the sequel. This sequel, heavily propagated by German national circles, received extremely bad reviews and was also rejected by the public.
For Franz Ludwig , who was almost exclusively a stage actor , this work was one of his very rare trips to film. However, this was not his first portrayal of the founder of the empire. As early as 1913, Ludwig had played the iron chancellor in a much less complex and ambitious Bismarck film, the Eiko film, under three directors.
The producer Josef Coböken, who had only appeared sporadically until then , was a screenwriter, journalist and film company manager. For the 49-year-old director Ernst Wendt, Bismarck, Part 1, was the last film director.
The film structures and costumes were made by Robert Neppach , Walter Zeiske was the production manager.
reception
Oskar Kalbus wrote in 1935, commemorating the Bismarck film from 1913:
“Even the attempt in the post-war period to try again on a Bismarck film did not quite achieve the goal. The film 'Bismarck' (1925) does not want to be a feature film from the start, not a film drama, and not an average historical film either. It only wants to be valued as a historical document, as a monumental panorama in moving images. If you no longer ask of the film 'Bismarck', you can easily address this film as a national folk film in the best sense of the word. All masks in the Bismarck film are admirably true to portraits, true to life, never rigid and theatrical. "
Paimann's film lists summed up: “The portrayal by a carefully chosen ensemble is very good in all roles, the masks, if not always very portrayal-like, at least quite satisfactory. The presentation is meticulous, the photography consistently very good. "
literature
- Maja Lobinski-Demedts: Bismarck in the film. The Bismarck films of 1914 and 1925/27. In: Lothar Machtan (ed.): Bismarck and the German national myth. Edition Temmen, Bremen 1994, ISBN 3-86108-244-6 , pp. 157-179.
Web links
- Bismarck, Part 1 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bismarck, 1st part at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Gerhard Lamprecht : German silent films. 1923-1926. Deutsche Kinemathek eV, Berlin 1967, p. 473.
- ↑ Austrian Film Newspaper. Vol. 1, No. 3, January 15, 1927, ZDB -ID 2136106-X , p. 5 .
- ↑ Bismarck, Part 1 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.
