The Count of Cagliostro
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Count of Cagliostro |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Reinhold Schünzel |
| script | Robert Liebmann |
| production |
Victor Micheluzzi Reinhold Schünzel |
| camera | Carl Hoffmann |
| occupation | |
and Armin Seydelmann , Walter Huber , Heinrich Jensen , Ferry Sikla | |
The Count of Cagliostro is an Austrian-German silent film historical drama from 1920. Directed by Reinhold Schünzel , who also played the title hero .
action
The life of the adventurer, alchemist and impostor Cagliostro is the focus of a large-scale film biography. The Italian Balsamo is admitted to the Egyptian Grand Lodge in a splendid ceremony, of which he was to become the Grand Master. This is followed by a section about his time in Paris, where, thanks to his involvement in the Marie Antoinette collar affair, he keeps the court and the city in excitement, his work as a self-proclaimed “miracle doctor” in the guise of a Count Phoenix and finally his change to Cagliostro. Wherever he appears in this biopic, he brings ruin and death with it.
Production notes
The Count of Cagliostro was u. a. Filmed at and in Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna and premiered on December 21, 1920 in the Busch cinema in the Austrian capital. The six-act film was 2158 meters long and was banned from young people. In Germany, the historical film ran on February 10, 1921 in the Berlin marble house .
The studio film structures and the costumes are from OF Werndorff . The majority of the magnificent film scenes were created in the Hall of Mirrors, the Japanese Room, the dining room and the palace theater of Schönbrunn, as well as in the great hall of the Gloriette in the palace gardens. The magnificent carriages are originals from the 18th century and once also belonged to the imperial vehicle fleet. The horses used are Lipizzaners from the former kuk stud farm.
Reviews
On the day after the Vienna premiere, Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported in its December 22nd 1920 edition: “The value of the film lies primarily in the cultural and historical fidelity of the director, in the tightness of the plot, in the top theatrical performances and in the scope that the Schönbrunn Palace offers. (…) The extraordinary impression of the film is not only due to the crowd scenes, but to a greater extent also from the performances of the main actors. Reinhold Schünzel's mimic performance in the double role as Phoenix and Cagliostro achieves effects that were previously only known from the stage. "
The contemporary evaluation in Paimann's film lists reads as follows: “The material, photos, scenery and especially the masterful game were excellent. (A hit of the first order) ”.
Web links
- The Count of Cagliostro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Count of Cagliostro at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Promotional material on The Count of Cagliostro
- ^ "The Count of Cagliostro". In: Neue Freie Presse , December 22, 1920, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ The Count of Cagliostro ( Memento of the original from March 12, 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
