The victory of the heart (1915)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The victory of the heart |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1915 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Curt A. Stark |
| production | Oskar Messter |
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The Victory of the Heart is a 1914 German silent film drama directed by Curt A. Stark with Henny Porten in the lead role.
action
Consul von Erlenkamp wants to marry again. His second wife is Ina, who is much younger. On this occasion, his daughter Ruth returns from her pension to her father's house to meet her stepmother. On the occasion of a social get-together, Ruth meets her father's secretary, Felix Rudolf, who quickly casts an eye on Ruth. Ruth also develops an interest in the young man, but in turn gets in the way of Ina, who Felix has so far considered her lover. Ina makes Felix a scene because of his proximity to Ruth. To calm her down, Felix tries to shower Ina with tenderness. At that moment Ruth enters the room and, in view of what she sees here, immediately backs away in shame and amazement. To make matters worse, Consul Erlenkamp also entered the room and witnessed what Ruth had to see.
Ina tries to save the embarrassing situation by claiming that the captivating scene is a big misunderstanding. She only encouraged Felix to apply for Ruth's hand. In order to save the now tarnished honor of her duped father, Ruth tacitly gives her consent to Ina's mendacious declaration and is ready to marry Felix Rudolf. Hardly married, Ruth made it clear to her husband that one would only play man and woman outwardly, that is, pro forma; their disappointment with Felix's behavior is too great. But the young man begins to develop deep feelings for his wife, and his jealousy is aroused when his wife Ruth receives a letter and a bouquet of flowers from her old friend Helmuth, who has just returned from India.
Felix's fit of jealousy goes so far that he starts an argument with Helmuth in the club and then challenges him to a duel. At dawn, when he started a duel, he wrote his wife a farewell letter and kissed the sleeping woman on the lips. Ruth wakes up and reads her husband's letter. She waits for Felix to return with great anxiety, and indeed he returns to the marital home, slightly wounded. Now Ruth is also aware of her feelings and sits at her husband's bedside until he has recovered. From now on she wants to lead her marriage seriously and absolutely have a child with him.
Production notes
The Victory of the Heart was made shortly before the outbreak of war in 1914 in the Messter film studio in Berlin's Blücherstraße 32. It was censored in June 1915 and premiered on December 3, 1915. The film had four acts.
criticism
“The latest Henny Porten film 'The Victory of the Heart' must also be described as an excellent product of its kind. As always, Henny Porten lives up to the famous name with the unique performance of her role. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to contemporary sources and film advertiser posters. Later sources name Rudolf Biebrach