Cagliostro's dead hand
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Cagliostro's dead hand |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | approx. 51 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nils Chrisander |
| script | based on a literary model by Ernst Rennspiess |
| production | German Bioscop, Berlin |
| camera | Karl Hasselmann |
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Cagliostros Totenhand is a fantastic, German silent film drama from 1919 by Nils Chrisander .
action
When Joseph Balsamo , who once led an eventful life under the name of Cagliostro, died, he bequeathed his right hand to the Santo Leone monastery. Lorenza Hofer, whose peasant father is a great-grandson of the legendary adventurer, does not have an easy life. She lives in Rome with the painter Henry Bernier and spends a life there marked by many privations. In her dreams, she hopes that the possession of the dead hand of her famous ancestor will bring more luck in the future. Without further ado, she invades the monastery and steals Cagliostro's body part.
Back home, her life and that of her so far unsuccessful husband are going uphill from now on. In his exuberance, Henry reveals to Count Grammont how this turn of fortune came about. Thereupon the nobleman steals the relic again, and Lorenza's and Henry's streak of luck suddenly ends. The two thieves suffer a terrible hardship: Lorenza takes her own life with poison and the count dies of a heart attack. Horrified at how everything turned out, Henry throws his dead hand into the fire. Then Cagliostro's ghost appears and takes back his property.
Production notes
Cagliostro's Totenhand was created in the Bioscop studio in Neubabelsberg and was premiered in 1919, during the censorship-free period. The four-act act was not censored until August 1920. The length of the film was 1050 meters. Cagliostro's dead hand ran into Austria-Hungary on September 19, 1919.
Gustav A. Knauer created the buildings .
Reviews
"The plot runs in sensational twists and turns and extremely interesting events, which, framed by a glamorous presentation, will surely find the broadest applause."
Paimann's film lists summed up: “The material is fantastic, but just like the photos and scenery, very good. Excellent game. "
Web links
- Cagliostro's Dead Hand at The German Early Cinema Database
- Cagliostro's dead hand at filmportal.de
- Cagliostro dead hand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Neue Kino-Rundschau of August 2, 1919, p. 72
- ↑ Cagliostro's Totenhand ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimann's film lists
