The ring of Giuditta Foscari
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The ring of Giuditta Foscari |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | about 60 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alfred Halm |
| script | Alfred Halm |
| production | Paul Davidson for PAGU |
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The Ring of Giuditta Foscari is a German silent film drama directed in 1917 by Alfred Halm with Erna Morena in a double role.
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Judith Arens is kept short by her husband, an artist, and is treated very badly overall. One day she collapses completely starved while visiting an art exhibition. The wealthy patron, Count Waldenau, takes care of the young, pretty woman and takes him into his four walls, where she has a livelihood as his housekeeper. In fact, she'll soon feel at home there, were it not for the constant expressions of love from the old count. On the other hand, she is very fond of Waldenau junior. In a moment of leisure, Judith comes across a book, the content of which fascinates her, because the story bears a lot of similarity to her own life. The book is titled: The Ring of Giuditta Foscari .
Judith also owns a ring that is very similar to the ring of the ancient Italian Giuditta of times long past. As she reads the book, Judith sees her life interwoven with that of Giuditta more and more. Giuditta was also courted by a significantly older man, Messer Lodovica, to whom she swore allegiance, but then gave her heart to her son when she met him. When his beloved was busy with the junior, Lodovica stepped up and pounced on the supposed rival to stab him. Filius died, and Messer was the last person to recognize the ring that Giuditta had given him by his son's finger. Despite her innocence, Giuditta was found guilty and committed to death by fire. With that the book ends.
Judith, too, gives the boy preference over the old man and gives in to his urge to marry him. While both are together in intimate togetherness, the old Count Waldenau receives the message from his servant that Judith is having a secret meeting with her former husband, the painter. Wild with jealousy, the old count plans to kill the presumed rival Arens. He storms into the séparée and shoots through the curtain, behind which he suspects the unchaste lovers. But he does not meet Arens, but, as in Giuditta's story, his own son. This collapses covered in blood. Waldenau sees Judith's ring on his son's finger with horror, but here the story takes a different course. The young Count Waldenau recovers from his serious gunshot wound and leaves his father's house at Judith's side.
Production notes
The ring of Giuditta Foscari was created in the Union Film Atelier in Berlin-Tempelhof and passed film censorship in December 1917. The production received a youth ban and premiered at the beginning of 1918. The film, which counted three or five acts depending on the source, was 1,239 meters long.
Paul Leni designed the film structures.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: "Material, game, photos and scenery very good".
Web links
- The Ring of Giuditta Foscari at The German Early Cinema Database
- The ring of Giuditta Foscari at filmportal.de
- The ring of Giuditta Foscari in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Ring of Giuditta Foscari ( Memento of the original from March 16, 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
