The flower miracle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The flower miracle |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1926 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK youth free |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Reichmann |
| script | Max Reichmann |
| production | BASF AG and Educational Film GmbH |
| music | Eduard Künneke |
| occupation | |
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The Flower Wonder is a German silent film that was made between 1922 and 1925. It consists mainly of time-lapse footage of plant movements. The footage comes from BASF and was originally intended to be used for advertising purposes. In the end, however, the decision was made to prepare the recordings for the cinema and to supplement them with dance performances from the educational film company.
The premiere took place on February 25, 1926 in the Piccadilly Theater in Berlin .
Contemporary criticism
The floral wonder was enthusiastically received by the critics.
- Rudolf Arnheim : "The most exciting, fantastic and beautiful film that has ever been made".
- Max Scheler : “You can see the plants breathing, growing and dying. The natural impression that the plant is inanimate disappears completely. You see the whole drama of life - the unheard of efforts ”.
DVD publications
The TV station Arte released a DVD in the Arte Edition . The music was re-recorded by the North German Sinfonietta under the direction of Christian Gayed.
Web links
- The Blumenwunder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kieler Contributions to Film Music Research (13th edition, 2017), pp. 9–40: Hergert, Frank: A revision of the original music by Eduard Künneke for the silent film DAS FLUMENWUNDER for organ / cinema organ.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b page of the TV station Arte on the film. ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The flower miracle. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed November 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Quoted in: Film als Kunst , 1932, p. 137.