The living riddle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The living riddle |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | 55 or approx. 68 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harry Piel |
| script | Harry Piel |
| production |
Isidor Fett Karl Wiesel |
| occupation | |
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The living puzzle is a German science fiction - silent film from 1916 by Harry Piel .
action
The rich Olaf Peer suffers from notorious insomnia. In his basement he had an armored vault built in that doubles as a bedroom. In order to finally be able to sleep, he takes the help of a certain Dr. Castell, who has developed a method by means of magnetism to finally get sleep-disturbed people to sleep. In May 1900 there is a serious fire in which the house is completely destroyed. Since then, Olaf Peer has been considered missing.
Exactly a hundred years later. Professor Mikett wants to build a laboratory on the exact spot where Peer's house once stood. During the construction work, the workers discover the buried armored vault in which Peer lies as if deeply asleep. The professor manages to get Peer back among the living. He is more than astonished at the progress the world has made over the past 100 years. Peer falls in love with Melya, the professor's daughter. This causes the jealousy of Prof. Mikett's assistant, Maston, who kills Olaf Peer with the so-called Mars rays developed by the professor.
Production notes
The four-act film, a Munich production with a length of 1129 meters, passed film censorship in July 1916 and was banned from youth. The world premiere probably took place in the same year, in Austria-Hungary the premiere of Das lebende Rätsel was as part of a so-called separate screening on September 29, 1916. There the film was around 1,400 meters long, which corresponds to around 68 minutes.
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: “Substance mysterious. Photos very good, games and scenery great. "
Web links
- The living mystery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The living riddle at filmportal.de
- The living puzzle at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 18
- ↑ Das Leben Rätsel ( Memento of the original from March 14, 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
