The person on the way

Movie
Original title	The person on the way
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1923
Rod
Director	Wilhelm Dieterle
script	Wilhelm Dieterle based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy
production	Osmania-Film GmbH (Berlin)
camera	Willy Hameister
occupation
Alexander Granach as a shoemaker Emilia Unda as the shoemaker's wife Wilhelm Dieterle as Michael Heinrich George as the landowner Wilhelm Völcker as a coachman Sophie Pagay as a shopkeeper Marlene Dietrich as a grocer's daughter Wilhelm Diegelmann as host Liselotte's role as the shoemaker's child Max Pohl as bailiff Ludwig Rex as overseer Ernst Gronau as a doctor Fritz Rasp as a farm hand Werner Pledath as servants Dolly Lorenz as a maid Gerhard Bienert Georg Hilbert Fritz Kampers Hermione grains Max Nemetz Lotte Stein

The Man on the Path is a German homeland film from 1923 by Wilhelm Dieterle based on motifs by Tolstoy . The main actors in this silent film were Dieterle, Alexander Granach and Emilia Unda .

The film was Dieterle's first directorial work. The young Marlene Dietrich appeared in a supporting role . 20 years later the two of them worked together again in the 1944 Hollywood film Kismet .

action

A shoemaker and his wife become parents of a young daughter, but nobody in the village wants to sponsor them. The landlord also refuses any support. That's when the shoemaker met Michael, who was walking through the village. He agrees to sponsor the little girl. Michael stays in the village and lives with the shoemaker's family. When the landlord dies, the rumor spreads that the shoemaker killed him with poison. With Michael's help, however, his innocence can ultimately be proven.

Production notes

Dieterle wrote the script based on the themes of the stories What people live on and The godson of Lev Tolstoy. The film was shot from late April to mid-May 1923. The exterior shots were made in Schleswig . The Mutoscop-Atelier Berlin-Lankwitz served as the studio. The premiere took place on June 12, 1923 as a screening for interested parties in the Alhambra , Berlin.

criticism

The critic of the Film-Kurier speaks of a "beautiful film that one would like to wish the best success on the way". And Dieterle is also certified as having "a happy hand" on his directorial debut. The representation of the ensemble is "good, heartfelt and cordial" and "Dieterle himself as Michael - that is a good exemplary cast that must be warmly welcomed".

bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema . Berghahn Books, 2009.

Web links

• The man on the way in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The people on the way at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bock & Bergfelder p. 89
2. ^ "The man on the way" content at filmportal.de
3. ^ Wilhelm (William) Dieterle - actor, director . In: CineGraph - Lexikon zum Deutschsprachigen Film , Lg. 22, F 2 f.
4. ↑ "The man on the way", review by J – s., Film-Kurier, no. 136, June 14, 1923
5. ↑ Neue Illustrierte Filmwoche, Berlin, No. 12/1923 (undated), p. 183 (full-page review with photos) + p. 188
6. ^ Reichsfilmblatt, Berlin, No. 24, June 10, 1923, p. 19
7. ↑ Der Kinematograph, Berlin, No. 852, June 17, 1923, p. 13