The Last Fort (1928)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The last fort |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Bernhardt |
| script |
Hans Wilhelm Hermann Kosterlitz |
| production |
Seymour minor number Gustav Schwab |
| music | Hansheinrich Dransmann |
| camera |
Fritz Arno Wagner Artur von Schwertführer |
| occupation | |
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The last fort is playing in the North African Legionnaire environment German adventure silent film in 1928. Directed by Kurt Bernhardt play Henry George , Alexander Cranach and fritz odemar the leading roles.
action
In the center of the plot are three men who once had a lot of bad luck with women and therefore decided to prove in a man's world of adventure, combat and the exotic that they are still "real guys". In the Syrian desert they find the coveted "great adventure". There they join several Arabs who are supposed to defend a fort with dogged severity against the advancing French colonial troops. For a long time there was nothing but everyday monotony on site, and boredom is nerve-wracking and tiring for most. That changes suddenly when one day Yvonne Leblanc, the daughter of the French major Leblanc, who is being held prisoner, enters the fort. She plans nothing less than to free her father, and she believes the best way to achieve this is to turn the heads of men.
Soon there was tough competition between the three Europeans at the fort, between Lieutenant Brand and the two soldiers Croff and Gestino. Sexual greed takes hold among the starved mercenaries, and soon all civilizational norms are forgotten. Especially the crude Croff, who tries to rape Yvonne, but also his buddy Gestino, behave more and more like savages. Once they even roll the dice for the seductive French woman. In view of the threat of attacks by his two comrades, Lieutenant Brand soon feels compelled to stand protectively in front of Yvonne. Over time, he falls in love with her. It is also Brand who finally helps her to flee with her father, but then at the last moment the soldiery sense of duty awakens in him again and he remains at the side of his unrestrained and brutal comrades in the final battle against the oncoming French, to fall with them.
Production notes
The last fort was built in Tunisia (exterior shots). The film passed the censorship on November 3, 1928 and was premiered on July 9, 1929 in Berlin's Titania Palace. When and where the world premiere took place cannot currently be determined. The film had six acts, spread over 2281 meters, and was banned from young people.
Julius von Borsody designed the film structures, Georg C. Horsetzky was the production manager. Robert Siodmak assisted director Bernhardt. Curt J. Braun and Marcel Hellmann provided the film idea.
From the beginning (October 1928), the film had considerable censorship problems and had to be submitted to the authorities five times. All the scenes that addressed and showed the sexual emergency situation of the men in the fort were criticized several times, including the dice scene, the abuse and the attempted rape, as well as one or the other excess of violence. After removing the relevant scenes, the film was approved as early as November 1928, and a youth ban was issued.
Reviews
“Kurt Bernhard… has campaigned for the film with noticeable skill. He knows how to get out of the scenes what should be extracted. Careful detail work, like many idiosyncratic passages, can be noted as well as the best speed on the other hand. (...) In leading and moving large crowds, as well as in setting up and carrying out complicated processes, the staging of Bernhard once again reveals the best technical security. Heinrich George has a role in which he can let his temper take flight. (...) Alexander Granach's treacherous and unpredictable goblin von Gestino is one of the most attractive acting performances of the film ... Albert Steinrück captivates for a few minutes again. He succeeds in giving the roughly drawn figure of the commander absolutely human features. Dislocates Maria Paudler as Yvonne. With their coarse freshness and perky physicality, the erotic possibilities of the main scenes could not be exhausted. "
Paimann's film lists summed up: "After a very original exposition, the action continues on a fairly limited location, so that only the continuous directing and the excellent representation of all roles save the whole thing from length."
Web links
- The last fort in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last fort at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The last fort in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from August 3, 2018 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.
