Bogdan Stimoff
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| Original title | Bogdan Stimoff |
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| Country of production |
Germany Austria-Hungary |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Georg Jacoby |
| script | Alfred German-German |
| production | Paul Davidson |
| camera | Axel Graatkjaer |
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Bogdan Stimoff - From Bulgaria's great times , "Patriotic Drama" from Bulgaria , ( Bulgarian : Богдан Стимов), is a German-Austria-Hungarian fictional film from 1916.
action
The Bulgarian farmer Stimoff flees to the United States after being wrongly suspected of killing his neighbor. There he was promoted to director of a machine factory, but was fired when he refused to produce ammunition. He then returns to his homeland and asks his king for mercy. This is granted to him and for this he fights in the Bulgarian army as a captain. He is honored by the king and then returns to his homeland, which has been evacuated by the Serbs, as the winner.
background
The film was produced by the Projektions-AG "Union" (PAGU) Berlin and the Austro-Hungarian cinema industry in Vienna. It had a length of a prelude and four acts at 2000 meters, about 110 minutes. (according to the German Early Cinema Database: three acts). The version shown in Vienna was 2200 meters long on four acts. The exterior shots were taken in the Bojana district of Sofia , Bulgaria .
The Bulgarian premiere took place on April 16, 1916, the premiere in Austria on May 10, 1916 in the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna. There was a mass start on September 22, 1916. The Berlin police imposed a youth ban on him in July 1916 (No. 39430). In Germany, the film started as a charity event on September 7, 1916 at the Kammerlichtspiele on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. The conductor for this performance was Bruno Gellert .
In his role as General Director of PAGU, Paul Davidson received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Alexander from Prince and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria for this film . Director Jacoby was awarded the Knight's Cross of the same order.
For Edith Meller , who still called herself Edith Möller here , it was the first film role.
Reviews
“» [An ovation for Tsar Ferdinand of the Bulgarians] .... Among the guests one saw the Bulgarian ambassador Dr. Toscheff, Legation Councilor Dr. Georgieff, the military commander of Vienna Baron Kirchbach, FML. v. Löbl, v. Bellmond, Vice Admiral Baron. Jedina, Court actor Georg Reimers, Councilor Dr. v. Dorn, Altgraf Salm and many others. When the scene showed King Ferdinand in conversation with Georg Reimers, the audience broke out in applause that lasted for minutes and demanded to hear the Bulgarian anthem, which they listened to while standing. The ovations were repeated whenever King Ferdinand intervened, as was the case in the last scene, as King Ferdinand gave Reimers (Stimoff) the medal of bravery. - The screening was preceded by a prologue, the Head of Section v. Jarzebecka spoke. . . . ""
"». . . The legendary name that serves as the title of the film is linked to the epoch-making event in the history of cinematography that a ruling monarch also took on the role of a film in this capacity ... It was a very special consecration that must be recorded may for the future of cinema theater, and it was as if the select society that had come together for the film game also found their reflection in the audience united to silent, tense viewing. ""
"" ... One remembers that Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, whose wife and daughters willingly put themselves in the service of the good cause, and so the ruler and his family members appear as contributors, move in what is certainly something extraordinary for them Situations with a certainty and naturalness that some real actors should envy ... Reimers in the title role of powerful urgency and distinctive character. The village idiot, Mr Götz ', for whom we would like to break a lance at all on this occasion, thinks very excellent to us ... In summary: The film, Bogdan Stimoff will hold its own. Deservedly! Even the strictest critic cannot deny its worth. (Elite cinema, opera cinema, imperial cinema, central cinema.) ""
literature
- Gerhard Lamprecht : German silent films. 1915-1916. Deutsche Kinemathek eV, Berlin 1969, p. 338 f.
- Walter Fritz : The Austrian feature films of the silent film era (1907–1930). Austrian Society for Film Studies, Vienna 1967, No. 166.
Web links
- Bogdan Stimoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bogdan Stimoff at The German Early Cinema Database
- Bogdan Stimoff at filmportal.de
- Table of contents including poster on plakatkontor.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 16 2/3
- ↑ a b c Text of the review of the satirical magazine Die Fackel on archive.org