The skeleton
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The skeleton |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | 69 (1921) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Eichberg |
| script | Carl Schneider |
| production | Richard Eichberg |
| camera | Max Terno |
| occupation | |
as well as the ballet of the German Opera House Berlin-Charlottenburg in a rehearsal by Mary Zimmermann | |
The Skeleton is a German silent film drama from 1916 by Richard Eichberg with Ellen Richter and Hans Mühlhofer in the leading roles.
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Professor Osiander is considered an excellent physician. He is currently dissecting the skeleton and skull of the laundress Cora Gabor, who died an unnatural death. Overtired from all his work, he falls asleep over his examinations and begins to dream. The young medical student Osiander once had a relationship with Cora. He made her pregnant, but left the girl with the child and married Helene, another woman, a young and wealthy woman from a good family. Cora's and Rudolf's child died a little later, and Cora began to leave her old life behind. She went to vaudeville and became the dance partner of the black dancer Jimani. She later met Count Carlo Moretti and became his wife.
Osiander, now a professor, was called to the Count's house one day because he was seriously ill. During the upcoming treatment, I saw the viciously abandoned Cora again. At this meeting, the doctor is primarily concerned with making Cora aware that it is not appropriate for a white man to deal with a “negro”. Cora then chased her partner Jimani out of the house with a riding crop. Just as injured as he was incredibly angry, the black man took terrible vengeance, stole a dissecting knife from Osiander's cutlery table and brutally killed Cora with it. The police came to arrest the professor. In a trial he is sentenced to death. Rudolf Osiander wakes up bathed in sweat: it was all just a dream!
Production notes
The skeleton , with a subtitle The Strange Experience of a Phrenologist , was censored in September 1916, was banned from young people and had its world premiere on November 17, 1916 in the premiere venues of the Berlin Union Theaters. The length of the four-act act with foreplay was 1580 meters when it was re-censored in May 1921. In Austria-Hungary, where the film opened on March 23, 1917, it was called Professor Osiander's Strange Adventure . There the film was around 1750 meters long.
The buildings were designed by Martin Bauer and implemented by Edmund Heuberger . Heuberger made his film debut with this work and another, almost simultaneous, Eichberg production with Ellen Richter in the lead role, Women who sacrifice themselves .
criticism
“ Richard Eichberg staged the subject conceived by Karl Schneider brilliantly. The main actors Hans Mühlhofer and Ellen Richter from the royal theater played a special role in the success. The latter in particular proves the virtues of her personality, her feline, wild suppleness in this film. Of the other actors, one particular negro, who changes from grinning friendliness to treacherous anger, attracts attention. A ballet, performed by Mary Zimmermann ... and a magnificent fireworks display are a rare change ... "
Paimann's film lists summed up: "Interesting material, excellent game and photos, very good scenery, the dance scenes in the vaudeville, the ballet scenes at the party, but especially the fireworks scene with the bathing nymphs excellent."
Web links
- The skeleton in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The skeleton at The German Early Cinema Database
- The skeleton at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinematographische Rundschau of October 22, 1916, p. 12
- ↑ Professor Osiander's Strange Adventure / The Skeleton ( Memento of the original from March 16, 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
