Blind man's cow (film)

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Movie
Original title Blindman's Buff
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1915
Rod
Director Ernst Lubitsch
script Ernst Lubitsch
production Paul Davidson
for projection group "Union"
occupation

Blindekuh is a German silent film by Ernst Lubitsch from 1915. The comedy in one act is one of the director's lost works .

content

The mother wants to prevent her daughter from marrying a husband she does not want. To this end, she betrothed herself to her daughter's boyfriend. However, she is outwitted by the couple, who eventually get together.

production

This film was Lubitsch's first directorial work in 1914, but it was not premiered until 1915. The buildings of the film come from Kurt Richter. The censorship took Blindekuh in May 1915 a youth ban. The premiere took place on May 28, 1915 at UT Nollendorfplatz , UT Friedrichstraße , UT Kurfürstendamm and UT Alexanderplatz in Berlin .

criticism

The critics praised Lubitsch's “often proven grotesque acting art” and wrote that the film “became very funny because of Lubitsch's art [...]”. At the same time, however, she admitted that he was “stretched a little bit longer. Less would have been more here. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Lamprecht : German silent films. 1913-1914. Deutsche Kinemathek eV, Berlin 1969, p. 360.
  2. ↑ Harro Segeberg, Corinna Müller (ed.): The modeling of the cinema. On the history of the cinema program between short film and feature film 1905 / 06–1918 (= media history of film. Vol. 2). Wilhelm Fink, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7705-3244-9 , p. 309.
  3. ↑ a b The cinematograph. No. 441, June 9, 1915, ZDB ID 575137-8 .