The forbidden land
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The forbidden land |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1924 |
| length | 94 (Austria), 87 (Germany) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Friedrich Fehér |
| script | Felix Salten based on the novel “Jeanne qui rit et Jeanne qui pleurt” by Keranion |
| production | Vita film |
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Das Verbotene Land is an Austrian silent film from 1924. It was directed by Friedrich Fehér .
action
A European explorer penetrates the hermetically sealed and forbidden for foreigners Tibet on the roof of the world. When he is caught in the palace of the Dalai Lama , he is arrested and reported to starve to death. It is a young Tibetan woman who saves his life because she promises the Dalai Lama that she will devote herself entirely to a life in temple service. Finally the European is allowed to leave the country again while the Tibetan girl kills herself when a temple priest tries to defile her innocence.
Production notes
The Forbidden Land premiered on March 28, 1924. The six-act film was 2150 meters long and was banned from young people. The German premiere was on January 30, 1925 at the Richard-Oswald-Lichtspiele in Berlin.
criticism
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported in its April 1, 1924 edition: "You all play excellently. Unfortunately, however, this film is proof that it is not all that matters. We want to make it short. How it came about that this one We don't know that a film that was started with the best of intentions is now faced with such an unsatisfactory performance. In any case, the fact is: Despite the large sum of brilliant individual achievements, this film is on the whole "messed up". Its main fault: It lacks the disparate ones The subplot, in which Gläßner plays the main role, simply stops without betraying the slightest tendency to unite with the rest of the plot, which is also becoming increasingly poor. (...) And the main plot itself can do us not really warm. "
The following can be read in Paimann's film lists : "In the foreground are the very interesting and in every respect generously designed temple buildings, the dance scenes as well as the excellent, consistently modern photographed execution. The subject is very exciting, the presentation good."
Web links
- The forbidden land in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The forbidden land at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Forbidden Land". In: Neue Freie Presse , April 1, 1924, p. 17 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ The forbidden land in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
