The second me (1917)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The second me |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | approx. 58 (Vienna 1917) minutes |
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| Director | Franz Hofer |
| script | Franz Hofer |
| production | Julius Kaftanski |
| camera | Ernst Krohn |
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The second self is a German silent film mystery drama directed in 1916 by Franz Hofer with Fritz Achterberg and Mia Cordes in the leading roles.
action
On her deathbed, Lydia, the widow of the criminal Erich Storm, wishes that she would do everything differently in life if she did get the chance. In a feverish state, this wish seems to be fulfilled. Death appears with a vial , and Lydia is transported back to her youth. Despite this second chance, her life goes on as before: Lydia is engaged to her cousin Gaston, but one day meets Storm, who is her friend's fiancé. He exudes a magic that Lydia cannot escape, and she falls for him with skin and hair. Lydia appears to her father, who knocks the vial out of her hand as she tries to take the contents. She stays connected to Storm forever, and her second life is the same as the first. When Lydia wakes up from her feverish fantasy, she is seized by the realization that one cannot control one's own fate. Then she dies peacefully.
Production notes
The second self passed the German film censorship in October 1916 and was banned from youth. The world premiere was in March 1917 in the Tauentzienpalast in Berlin. The four-act film was about 1,500 meters long. The melodrama started in Austria-Hungary on November 30, 1917.
Web links
- The second I in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The second me at The German Early Cinema Database
- The second me at filmportal.de