The jolly prison
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The jolly prison |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | 56 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ernst Lubitsch |
| script |
Ernst Lubitsch , Hanns Kraly |
| production |
Paul Davidson for projection group "Union" |
| camera | Theodor Sparkuhl |
| occupation | |
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The happy prison is a German silent film in three acts by Ernst Lubitsch from 1917. Its motifs are based on the operetta Die Fledermaus .
action
Alice von Reitzenstein is looking for her husband Alex and finds him drunk under his desk - he has been partying all night. As if that weren't bad enough, the postman brings more bad news: Alex is to be jailed for one night because of a nocturnal disturbance of the peace . Alice's horror is only dampened when the postman also announces that Prince Zsbrschowsky is inviting them to the masked ball . Alex donates money to his wife for a new hat to appease her.
While buying a hat, Alice meets the unknown but polite Egon Storch, who follows her home and is invited to tea at the end. When the prison director Quabbe arrives at Alice's house to arrest Alex, Egon pretends to be a husband and is taken away. The mix-ups continue when Alice follows her drunken husband to the masquerade ball and who doesn't recognize her when she flirts with him. The maid Mizi also knows how to use the anonymity of the ball and hooks up with a rich, drunk man. In the end everything dissolves and Alex returns ruefully to Alice.
production
The buildings for the film were made by Kurt Richter.
In November 1917, censors imposed a youth ban on Das Fidele Prison . The film premiered on November 30, 1917 in the UT Nollendorfplatz in Berlin . The film was re-released in November 1919 under the title Ein Jolly Prison .
criticism
The contemporary criticism criticized the fact that one had forgotten here “that Straussian wise men, even if they are the best, cannot be filmed. All that remains is a nice comedy ”. Other critics said that although the film was an adaptation of the bat , “it was put together so happily, refreshed with so many charming ideas and staged so briskly and lively that one would gladly ignore it. [...] All in all: it was a resounding success! "
Web links
- The jolly prison in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The jolly prison in the online film database
- The happy prison at filmportal.de