The golden calf (1924)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The golden calf |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1925 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Paul Felner |
| script | Peter Paul Felner |
| production | Julius Wachtel for Westi-Film (Berlin) |
| camera |
Gustave Preiss , Mutz Greenbaum |
| occupation | |
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The Golden Calf is a German feature film from 1924 directed by Peter Paul Felner with Henny Porten in the leading role. Peter Paul Felner wrote the screenplay based on an idea by Franz Herczeg .
action
According to her father's wishes, the owner of a large fortune should only leave the entire property to one of her two grandchildren - two boys. The woman chooses to give the entire inheritance to the one grandchildren. Then she is tormented by a vision and sees how the granddaughter of the other, disadvantaged grandchild will one day grow up as an orphan. The girl will fall into the hands of an unscrupulous adventure and will eventually end up on the gallows.
In order to prevent this horrible fate, the old lady now decides to favor the other grandchild. But this decision also turns out to be fatal in a second vision: for now the grandson of the disinherited will become a criminal and also end up under the gallows. The testator therefore decides, contrary to the wishes of her own father, to the only true, Solomonic solution: she divides the inheritance, the “golden calf”, into two equal parts and thus follows her sense of justice.
Production notes
The film, shot in autumn 1924, was censored on December 15, 1924 and premiered on January 30, 1925 in Vienna, where it was banned from school. The German premiere took place on April 17, 1925 in the Alhambra on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm. The exterior shots were taken near Dürnstein .
Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle created the film structures. Eugen Kürschner was manager .
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: “The subject is interesting, the directing is fast, the portrayal in all roles is very good, Henny Porten is particularly interesting in some scenes of the first plot, where she managed to break free from the usual template. The presentation and photos are awesome work, the latter especially notable in the beautiful outdoor shots near Dürnstein. "
Web links
- The golden calf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The golden calf at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Das goldene Kalb ( Memento of the original from March 11, 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
