Christopher Columbus (1922)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Christopher Columbus |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1922 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marton Garas |
| production | Max Margulies for Film Trade (Berlin) |
| camera |
Mutz Greenbaum Karl Attenberger Eugen Hamm |
| occupation | |
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Christoph Columbus is a German silent film drama from 1922 with Albert Bassermann in the leading role.
action
On the one hand, the film follows the historical findings of the expeditions of its title hero, but weaves numerous fictional events, above all of an amorous nature, into the plot. So this story has the film Columbus set off on a long voyage west to complete the research work begun by his father-in-law Perestrello, the governor of Madeira . Columbus lectures on his sea voyages before the decisive council and finally sets off on his sea adventures. After his long crossing and the exploration of the "discovered" territory, whose "wild" inhabitants pay homage to the newcomer in shimmering armor, Columbus returns to Spain and is warmly welcomed in Palos de la Frontera .
Production notes
Christoph Columbus passed the film censorship on November 25, 1922 and had its world premiere on February 16, 1923 in the Primus-Palast in Berlin. The film was released for the youth. The well-known stuntman Harry Froeboess took care of the special sporting events .
criticism
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported on the occasion of the Austrian premiere of the film, which was shown there under the title Jenseits des Ozeans , in its issue of April 29, 1924: “The historical film is equally tempting for writers and directors: the audience seems to have a preference for ' To have costume films'. The difficulty lies in making the historically determined personality cinematically effective. The author of 'Christopher Columbus' solves a task in which he adheres to the historical-factual in broad outline, but otherwise makes the discoverer of America the focus of love affairs, which are hardly suited to interest the great man increase. On the contrary. (...) We don't want to be indiscreet about researching where the film was made. It will certainly not have been the home of Columbus. One cannot point out often enough that it is impossible to make really good films in a 'posed' environment. The backdrop may only be used in extreme emergencies. (...) The arrival of Columbus in Lohengrin armor on the discovered island ... is 'cinema' and not in the best sense of the word. What remains to be recognized, as always, is the clean technical work, efforts of the director and excellent actors. "
Web links
- Christoph Columbus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Christoph Columbus at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Christopher Columbus". In: Neue Freie Presse , April 29, 1924, p. 17 (online at ANNO ).