The song of the Colombine
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| Original title | The song of the Colombine |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Emil Justitz |
| script | Carl Schneider |
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The song of the Colombine (working title: Colombine ) is a German film drama from 1918 directed by Emil Justitz .
action
On the occasion of Lona Sehring's engagement party with Hans von Rotfels, she performed “Das Lied der Colombine”, the composition of a stranger. During this performance there is a young but terminally ill musician outside the house who immediately recognizes his melody. He enters the house and Lona's room. When she meets him there, she is of course startled. The young musician named Körner can calm her down and asks her to sing the song again for him. Lona promises and goes to him the next day and sings it to him.
Von Rotfels, who has noticed something and is jealous, follows her when she leaves the house, and so it comes to an argument: He separates from her and her parents also throw her out of the house. In her need she goes back to Körner. He still marries her on her deathbed to save her honor. Only a few hours later he succumbs to his serious illness.
A friend of Körner's, old Blaamer, also a musician, helps Lona and trains her to be a singer. Under the stage name "Lola Lees" she appears as "Colombine".
Her former fiancé von Rotfels is among the guests at the gig. Again there is a dispute between the two, until Blaamer intervenes soothingly and clears up von Rotfels about the real facts.
So the two still find each other.
background
The production company was Deutsche Bioscop GmbH Berlin (No. 78), the distribution company was Bioscop-Film-Verleih GmbH. The film was shot in March 1918 in the Bioscop studio in Neubabelsberg . The colored film has a length of five acts at 1,723 meters, approx. 94 minutes. The Berlin police imposed a youth ban on him (No. 41767).
criticism
“A touch of poetry pervades this subtle piece of film, which can rightly be called a first-rate work of art. (...) We are dealing here with such a work, the effect of which as a mute image is already so powerful that the song would only be able to touch the sphere of feeling. After all, the combination of pictorial representation, musical illustration and singing should be carried out where it does not run into difficulties. Carola Toelle, who plays the leading role here, is a graceful, lovely figure whose game is pleasantly touching. Led by capable partners, the interplay gives a harmonious sound. Technology and direction meet to fully create an exemplary performance. "
Web links
- The song of the Colombine at The German Early Cinema Database
- The song of Colombine at filmportal.de
- The song of the Colombine at the Murnau Foundation
- The song of Colombine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gerhard Lamprecht : German Silent Films 1917 - 1918 . Deutsche Kinemathek eV, Berlin 1969, p. 290 .
- ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 16 2/3
- ↑ Neue Kino-Rundschau of October 17, 1918. P. 59