The Earl of Essex
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Earl of Essex |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1922 |
| length | approx. 129 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Paul Felner |
| script | Peter Paul Felner Luis Rokos |
| production | Essex Film Corporation GmbH, Berlin |
| camera |
Fritz Arno Wagner Karl Hasselmann Franz Stein |
| occupation | |
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The Count of Essex is a monumental, German silent film historical drama by Peter Paul Felner from 1922. The title role is played by Eugen Klöpfer , he is supported by Agnes Straub as Queen Elisabeth and Fritz Kortner , Erna Morena and Eva May in other leading roles.
action
England in the late 16th century. The Earl of Essex is in the service of Queen Elizabeth I and is considered her personal favorite. Once again the daring general has returned to London victorious from a battle. At the moment everything seems to be going well, he has even found his great love: he is a lady-in-waiting to the queen. Both get married in secret. Little does Essex suspect, however, that his position of favor at court has long since spawned numerous envious and adversaries who are just waiting to overthrow him. Elisabeth, however, initially continues to stand by her most loyal ally and lets his adversaries with their intrigues run nowhere.
Only when she learns of his secret marriage, which she interprets as a personal breach of trust, and Essex also oversteps politically, so that his enemies can accuse him of high treason, does Her Majesty drop her favorite. The Earl of Essex is thrown into dungeon and awaits his execution. Elisabeth longingly hopes that her favorite will petition for clemency. For this case the monarch had once given him a ring with which he could ask for a favor at any time. Indeed, Essex's wife presents the wishing ring to the Queen, and the imprisoned earl returns to freedom.
Deviation from history
Unlike this story, the real Essex life did not have a happy ending. In February 1601 he led a disgraceful rebellion against the Crown and was executed on the scaffold that same month.
Production notes
The Earl of Essex passed film censorship on September 9, 1922 and was banned from youth. The world premiere took place on September 14, 1922 in the Berlin Marble House . The length of the seven act was 2955 meters.
The present film made use of numerous Essex motifs from literature such as those by John Banke, Abbé Beyer, Thomas Corneills, Antonie Coelle, Heinrich Laube and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
The buildings and costumes come from Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig , the sculptures were made by Walter Schulze-Mittendorff . The film was produced by Alfred Duskes and Karl Julius Fritzsche , Eugen Kürschner was the production manager.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: “The subject is very exciting, despite the fact that mass scenes have been given more space, the presentation is excellent, the layout and photos are up-to-date in every respect. The qualities that raise the picture above average. "
Web links
- The Earl of Essex in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Earl of Essex at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Subordinate cameramen were Eugen Hamm and Stefan Lorant
- ^ Essex Film Corporation GmbH, Commercial Register Berlin HRB No. 24865
- ↑ The Count of Essex in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from March 11, 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.
