The ring of fate
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The ring of fate |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | 68 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Eichberg |
| script | Carl Schneider |
| production | Richard Eichberg |
| camera | Ernst Krohn |
| occupation | |
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Der Ring des Schicksals is a German silent film drama from 1916 by Richard Eichberg with Ellen Richter and Hans Mierendorff in the leading roles.
action
Shortly before his death, Professor Duyssen throws a valuable ring out of the window. He had once brought this back from India, a present from a maharaja. Duyssen wants to prevent the ring from being inherited by his daughter Margot, as this ring has so far brought nothing but bad luck to any of its owners. Two crooks, Hans von Bergen and the beggar Thomas, find the ring and decide to sell it for a profit.
The new buyer is old Count Roloff, who pays van Bergen a large sum for the precious piece of jewelry. Van Bergen is now wealthy and can marry his bride: and her name is Margot Duyssen. But she wants to see the ring, which she knows that Bergen temporarily owned, but not that he has resold it. Bergen asks the Count to give him the ring again, but he brusquely rejects his request. Van Bergen and Thomas then break into Count Roloff's.
The old count catches them both red-handed and is shot by Hans van Bergen. Van Bergen is sentenced to a long prison term, whereupon Margot divorces him. Instead she marries the young Count Roloff, Kurt. Released from prison, van Bergen breaks into Margot's house. There he sees that his ex-wife has meanwhile become a mother and lets go of his bad intentions. He steals the cursed ring to protect her and throws it into the river. Then Hans jumps after and drowns himself.
Production notes
The Ring of Destiny was filmed in April and May 1916, passed censorship in May of the same year and was premiered on September 15 or 16, 1916 in the Artushof Lichtspiele in Berlin. In Austria-Hungary, the four-stroke engine was first presented in a special tour on July 21, 1916. There he had a game length of about 1400 meters, about 68 minutes.
classification
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "Good stuff, photos, scenery and games are very good."
Web links
- The ring of fate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The ring of fate at filmportal.de
- The Ring of Fate at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 18
- ↑ Der Ring des Schicksals ( Memento of the original from March 13, 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
