The Rape of the Sabine Women (1928)

Movie
Original title	The robbery of the Sabine women
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1928
length	86 minutes
Rod
Director	Robert Land
script	Franz Schulz Robert Liebmann
production	Julius Haimann
camera	Willy Goldberger
occupation
Ralph Arthur Roberts : Emanuel Striese, theater director Ida Wüst : Ms. Striese Teddy Bill : Friedrich Wilhelm, Striese's son Aribert Wäscher : Professor Gollwitz Valeska Stock : Mrs. Gollwitz Maria Paudler : Paula, Gollwitten's daughter Walter Rilla : Emil Groß, called Sterneck Paul Otto : Kommerzienrat Groß, his father Renée Kürschner : Fedora Eurydice Wolfgang Zilzer : Balsamo, an intriguer Illa Meery : Ria, a show girl Camilla von Hollay : Rosa, maid at Gollwitz

The Rape of the Sabine Women is a German silent film - Schwank in 1928. Under the direction of Robert country playing Ralph Arthur Roberts , Aribert Wascher , maria paudler and Ida Wüst the leading roles. The film was based on the comedy of the same name by Franz von Schönthan and Paul von Schönthan .

action

The wandering theater troupe of the Schmitzentheater director Emanuel Striese comes one day on their tour to the town of Ihlefeld, where there is already strong competition with a revue theater. Striese ponders how he can chase away audiences from the vaudeville theater and therefore acquires the play "The Robbery of the Sabine Women", written by the Ihlefeld professor Gollwitz, an early literary sin of the now respected dignitary. Gollwitz only agrees to a performance under the premise that his name is not mentioned. Nor should his wife get wind of it.

As word quickly got around that one of your people, a real Ihlefelder, wrote this Schwank from ancient Rome, the small town streams into the theater in unison and ... experiences a terrible failure. Only the use of the revue girls swinging their legs can prevent a commotion. While Striese, disaffected, moves on to the next town with his troop, Emil Groß, his star of the troop, stays behind in Ihlefeld. He, who is the son of the respected Kommerzienrat Groß and once fell out with his father because of his theater ambitions, is reconciled with the Kommerzienrat and now, having said goodbye to acting, wants to marry Paula Gollwitz, the professor's daughter.

Production notes

The robbery of the Sabine women originated in the spring of 1928, was censored on June 5, 1928, and was premiered on November 23, 1928 in Berlin's UFA pavilion on Nollendorfplatz. The film had six acts, spread over 2,172 meters, and was banned from minors.

Robert Neppach designed the film structures, Fritz Brunn was the production manager.

Web links

• The Rape of the Sabines in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The robbery of the Sabine women at filmportal.de