The first woman
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The first woman |
| Country of production | Austria-Hungary |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1915 |
| length | about 60 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hubert Marischka |
| script |
Viktor Léon Hubert Marischka |
| production | Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky |
| occupation | |
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The First Woman is an Austro-Hungarian silent film comedy from 1915 about two lovable bohemians by and with Hubert Marischka .
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Count Alfons Dyllenau and his best friend Count Franz Wikkingen correspond to the cliché of the old Austrian, aristocratic Viennese. You love wine, women and singing, but are not necessarily made for a hard, busy life. What they sorely miss is the change they need to finance their joyful dolce farniente. Count Wikkingen even feels compelled to sell the family's master castle Nymphenbrunn in order to finally be able to pay his piling up debts. After all, he wants to be debt free before marrying the enchanting Baroness Melitta von Feldberg. Then Melitta's call reaches him, who wants to pay her future with her father and brother Erni as well as the noble friends, the princesses Clemi and Phila Dyx, to Nymphenbrunn Palace. Wikkingen quickly informs his friend Dyllenau that he may come too, because, as Franz knows, Alfons has had an eye on Clemi for a long time. Everyone comes, and a tour of the castle and estate follows. While Franz and Melitta can't take their eyes off each other, Alfons is busy devoting himself to Clemi. Meanwhile, little Erni tries his luck with Clemis' very young sister Phila Dyx.
In the evening in the club you sit happily at the gaming table, and when Wikkingen asks his friend Dyllenau to play along, he gives in to the constant urge, although he had promised his Clemi not to do just that. Franz promptly strips him down to his shirt, and as a last step he also demands Dyllenau's lock. Alfons promptly loses this time too. As usual in such circles, Alfons now only thinks about when and where he could shoot himself appropriately. One present whispered to him: "You must now think about marriage, with a million dowry". The rich Clemi would be there, financially speaking, a fat roast, but she will hardly take an impoverished swallower like him now. Alleged friends come up with a bet, according to which Dyllenau would have to take the next best, old woman as his wife. The following protocol is drawn up: “Both men roll the dice again. If Dyllenau wins, he receives both goods, but if he loses he is obliged to marry the first woman he meets on the street this morning within three months. This woman may only be between 16 and 50 years old and not married. If Dyllenau fulfills these conditions, he will receive the two goods as the price of his bet. ”Alfons agrees ... and loses.
Dyllenau now goes to the Krieau harness racing track , where he is the first woman to see a poorly dressed beggar. He's unlucky, the woman in question has not yet reached the age of 50 and to make matters worse, to feed five hungry mouths at home. Dyllenau's salvation: she also has a husband at home. The young Erni proposes a morning trip to the rotunda to his new flame, Princess Phila, and so the pretty girl and governess appear there. Luck for Erni, bad luck for Alfons: Phila Dyx is not yet 16. The governess, on the other hand, just under 50, has imposed an eternal oath of chastity on herself and is therefore also out of the question. There, oh wonder, Alfons sees Melitta and her friend Clemi approaching him on a morning walk. Which of the two will lead the way? He wonders. He really wants Clemi, but it's Melitta who is a few centimeters ahead. And so, according to the bet, he has to propose to the bride-to-be of friend Franz of all people. She doesn't understand a word and later asks her future husband what is wrong with his friend Dyllenau. But Wikkingen is silent ... according to the bet.
Erni, on the other hand, is surprised that little Phila suddenly demands that she beat up the impudent Count Dyllenau, for he has just had the audacity to kiss her in public. Neither she nor he know that Count Alfons only did this because Phila was not yet 16 years old, and therefore not of marriageable age and Dyllenau was off the hook. Erni finds this whole bet more and more exhausting, and so he confesses everything to Phila. This is how the other women learn about the stupid bet and everything turns out for the better. And since Baron Feldberg bought Nymphenbrunn Palace before his daughter Melitta is thinking of marrying an impoverished and castleless nobleman, the bet is wasted anyway, because Wikkinge's stake is no longer available. Weddings will soon be celebrated at Schloss Dyllenau, but this time not with the first woman as the new mistress.
Production notes
The first woman was created at the beginning of 1915 on the Vienna Prater site and was premiered on March 5th in the Austrian capital. A German premiere cannot be determined.
criticism
“If proof is to be provided once again that certain vacillating ideas can work better in the silent film image than on the speaking stage, then this proof is more than successful in the present case. (...) The film reproduces the authors' funniest ideas so expressively that the absence of the word is not even felt. (...) The presentation is first class. Brand as a Viennese taximeter, Waldau as a baron and Morgan as an absent-minded professor offer brilliant performances in the miniature drawing of real Viennese life. "
Web links
- The first woman at filmportal.de
- The first woman in the Internet Movie Database (English)