The Forester (1915)
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| Original title | The hereditary forester |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1915 |
| length | approx. 83 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Oberländer |
| script | Hans Oberländer based on the stage drama of the same name (1850) by Otto Ludwig |
| production | Jules Greenbaum |
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Der Erbförster is a German homeland and silent film drama from 1915 with Hans Mierendorff in the title role.
action
For many years, hereditary forester Ulrich and the landlord Steinbach have been close friends. When Steinbach suffers a major financial bottleneck, he is forced to have the wood cut from the forest, although Steinbach once promised the forester when he was setting up his sawmill that he would never lay hands on the forest. But now Steinbach's loan for the sawmill construction and the construction of an equally needed dam has been canceled. Ulrich and Steinbach split violently about this, because the hereditary forester sees Steinbach's deforestation not only as a breach of word, but generally as a sin against nature. Steinbach is now massively committed to removing the hereditary forester from his office. When an attack on the dam occurs a little later and it is destroyed in the process, Ulrich, who has been deposed, is of course immediately suspected. Thereupon he withdraws to his lonely forest hut, because the mob of the place is obviously after him.
To make matters worse, several men are now beginning to unabashedly poach in the forest that has become virtually “ownerless” after Ulrich's deposition. The former forest and game ranger wants to end this anarchic behavior with all possible force, if necessary with his own weapon. The first exchange of fire with the poachers takes place. The mood is very heated, a lynch mob wants to make short work of the hereditary forester. But his future son-in-law prevents the worst. When one of the poachers aims at the young man, the hereditary forester throws himself in front of him and saves his life. However, he himself is badly wounded. A mountain farmer is identified as the culprit for the dam explosion, and on Ulrich's deathbed he is reconciled with his old friend Steinbach.
Production notes
The Erbförster was created in the Spring of 1915 in the Greenbaum Film Atelier in Berlin-Weißensee and in the Harz Mountains (outdoor shots), passed censorship in May 1915 and was premiered on September 24, 1915 in two Berlin cinemas (Admiralstheater, Prinzesstheater). The film consisted of a prelude and three acts and was 1,520 meters long.
Another version of this mountain drama was created in 1943/44 with Eugen Klöpfer and Otto Fee as the two opponents.
criticism
“It was probably not possible to film“ Der Erbförster ”better and more impressive than Dr. Hans Oberländer succeeded. The film looks impeccable due to the excellent presentation ... and the really excellent technology. "