The valley of the dream
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The valley of the dream |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1914 |
| length | approx. 72 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Curt A. Stark |
| script |
Walter Turszinsky based on the novel by El Correi |
| production | Oskar Messter |
| camera | Carl Froelich |
| occupation | |
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The Valley of Dreams is a German silent film melodrama from 1914 with Henny Porten in the lead role. Directed by Curt A. Stark .
action
The Baroness Nadina Reczel, who is capable of suffering and ready for self-sacrifice, is the wife of a much older man who treats her exceptionally badly. One day, tired of his brutality and humiliation, she flees the house. Only the charming Wotan von Wettenau, who looks after her very gallantly and touchingly, has remained the baroness. Tender ties soon develop between the two young aristocrats.
Nevertheless, Nadina, in good faith and true to her husband as she is, returns one day to the marital home. When her heartless and callous husband suddenly dies, it is her shabby stepson Gabor who accuses her of murdering his father. But after a few more twists, it can be proven that Baroness Nadina is innocent. Now she can finally return to Wotan's arms.
Production notes
The Valley of Dreams was created on Lake Garda in northern Italy and in the Messter film studio in Berlin's Blücherstraße 32, passed film censorship on March 11, 1914 and had its world premiere on March 20, 1914 in Berlin's Mozart Hall. The film was three acts plus a prelude and measured 1309 meters. A youth ban was issued.
Porten and Stark were a married couple at the time. The two Porten dramas Bergnacht and Das Tal des Traume were shot with an almost identical crew in direct succession.
criticism
“Like no other film actress, Henny Porten knows how to win a new side of her artistic being whenever you believe she is at the end of the register of her versatility. It is the same, well-known Henny Porten and yet a new shade increases its popularity and our recognition. (...) This film adaptation of the novel by El Correi is first-class authoring material and has been furnished by Meister with all the finesse and staging tricks that we have long been used to from this company ... "