The eternal riddle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The eternal riddle |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | 72 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Josef Coenen |
| script | Wolfgang Geiger |
| production | Erich Pommer |
| camera | Willy Hameister |
| occupation | |
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The Eternal Riddle - a satyr play in 5 acts is a German film drama from 1919.
action
Wertmann, an aging poet, is about to write a novella. While sitting on a garden bench with a stone faun in front of it, he meets eighteen-year-old Eva, the charcoal burner's beautiful granddaughter.
He is fascinated by her, but she escapes him laughing. Looking for her, he gets lost in the forest and comes across the Köhlerhütte. He spent the night there and found out that she was the Kohler's granddaughter and that she worked as a secretary on the neighboring estate. Wermann goes to the estate and finds his old sweetheart and her son as the owner. He wants to be closer to Eva and therefore rents a small, idyllically situated house nearby and hires her as a housekeeper. Eva begins to fall in love with Wertmann because of his writings, but still realizes that the age difference is too great. She meets the lord of the manor, Richard, and realizes that she actually belongs to him. Eva and Richard are surprised by Wertmann with a hug and Wertmann realizes that youth belongs to youth. When he finds out that Richard is his own illegitimate son, he finally releases Eva. The two become a happy couple.
background
The production company was Decla-Film-Ges. Holz & Co. Berlin. The buildings were created by Carl Ludwig Kirmse . The shooting took place from June to July 1919. The outdoor shots ended on July 6, 1919. The viraged film had a length of five acts at 1,466 meters, about 72 minutes.
The Berlin police imposed a youth ban on him (No. 43325), which was renewed by the re-censorship of the Reichsfilmzensur Berlin on February 11, 1921 (No. 1296). The German premiere took place on October 1, 1919 or October 19, 1919.
Film rental
The film still exists and is available as a non-commercial loan from the Deutsches Filminstitut .
criticism
“Fantastic material, selected equipment, combined with the excellent portrayal of Carola Toelle and Werner Krauss, bring success to the film. Wolfgang Geiger, who edited the material for the film, expresses a fine sense of wit and humor that refreshingly enlivens a serious plot. (...) Technically, the qualities of the film are up to par, the whole thing is a strange but powerful piece. "
Web links
- The eternal riddle at The German Early Cinema Database
- The eternal riddle at filmportal.de
- The eternal riddle in the Murnau Foundation
- The eternal mystery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Circe, the Peacock and the Half-Blood: The Films by Fritz Lang 1916–1921 in the Google Book Search
- ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 18
- ^ The eternal riddle in the Murnau Foundation
- ↑ The eternal riddle at filmportal.de
- ↑ Availability at filmportal.de
- ↑ Neue Kino-Rundschau from November 15, 1919. P. 18