Christa Hartungen

Movie
Original title	Christa Hartungen
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1917
length	73 or 76 minutes
Rod
Director	Rudolf Biebrach
script	Toni Dathe
production	Oskar Messter
camera	Karl friend
occupation
Henny Porten : Christa Hartungen Paul Hartmann : Bernd Römer, first engineer of the mine Theodor Loos : Reginald Dickens Adolf Klein : Adolf Hartungen, owner of the mine Olga Engl : Klara Hartungen, his wife Alexander von Antalffy : Fred Hartungen Paul Passarge : Servant Rudolf Biebrach : Doctor

Christa Hartungen (alternative title: The Sacrifice of Christa ) is a German film drama from 1917.

action

After Christa, who was deported to a girls 'boarding school by her mother as a child, returns to her parents' house as the oldest student, she is coldly welcomed by her mother, who only takes care of her failed son. When she is welcomed at home, she first meets and then loves Römer, an employee of her father who owns a mine. When Römer is transferred to Mexico, he asks his terminally ill friend Dickens to take care of Christa. Meanwhile, the Hartungen company gets into financial problems due to the recklessness of its brother. The company can only be saved through the arranged wedding between Christa and Dickens. When the Romans return, they understand and accept their actions. Shortly afterwards he is rescued from the mine by Christa, where he had an accident. From Dickens's deathbed, he realizes that Römer still loves his wife. He dies in front of the future couple.

background

The production company was Messter Film GmbH Berlin (No. 9430), Ludwig Kainer was responsible for the buildings . It has a length of four acts at 1344 and 1395 meters, approx. 73 and 76 minutes. The Berlin police imposed a youth ban in April 1917 (No. 40554), as did the post-censorship of the Reich film censorship of March 18, 1922 (No. 5538). The premiere took place on May 4, 1917 in the Mozart Hall in Berlin.

Web links

• Christa Hartungen at The German Early Cinema Database
• Christa Hartungen at filmportal.de
• Christa Hartungen at the Murnau Foundation
• Christa Hartungen in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ some sources name Josef Klein
2. ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 16 2/3