The Sultan of Johore
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| Original title | The Sultan of Johore |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | about 45 minutes |
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| Director | Harry Piel |
| script | Harry Piel |
| production | Paul Davidson |
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The Sultan von Johore is a medium-length German sensational silent film from 1917 by Harry Piel .
action
Aage Laars has several creditors behind her neck and hopes to reorganize herself financially by marrying the wealthy Ingrid Strömer. He is all the angrier when someone else snatches Ingrid from under his nose: it is the returning explorer Hjalmar Södersen, who becomes engaged to Ingrid. Laars is not ready to simply accept this and therefore hatches a diabolical plan: He borrows several lions from a bribed circus trainer in order to incite them at the right moment on the hated competitor. Södersen managed to escape from his apartment window with a daring leap and immediately called the police. But when you return, lions and laars are gone. Södersen then embarks on another trip that will take him and his newly wedded wife to India.
But Aage Laars does not give up and sticks on both heels. Laars knows that the European couple are planning a stopover at the Sultan of Johore, and so it is Laars who anticipates Södersen and warns the Sultan against a European who has only bad intentions and tries to spy on the Sultan's country. Ingrid and Hjalmar arrive at the Sultan's Palace just as the ruler is holding a lavish party. Subjugated princes and noble slaves, captured women and the most exotic animals parade along the Sultan. After the final dance of his most beautiful slave, the Sultan has Södersen seized and thrown into the dungeon, where the snakes, considered sacred, are already sharpening their teeth. Ingrid, however, is able to convince the Sultan that he has succumbed to the whispering of a villainous rival for her favor, and so the Indian despot releases Södersen again immediately. To make amends, the couple should now be their guests for a long time.
Laars, however, does not give up, his thirst for revenge increases day by day. He sets a fire in the elephant enclosure that soon spreads to the sultan's palace. Everything flees from the walls, the elephants panic and threaten to trample everything down. Ingrid and Hjalmar try to escape from the elephant horde, but a large cage blocks their escape route. At the last moment they reach the safe side by means of a "living bridge", while the villain Laars falls into a tiger cave and finds his fair end there. The time has come to say goodbye. Ingrid and Hjalmar take the next ship in the direction of the Arctic Ocean, but it shatters on an iceberg. The two Europeans can struggle to save themselves on the bitterly cold mainland and are now wandering through the ice desert. They finally find life-saving accommodation in an abandoned hut. They try to draw attention to their sad fate with a message in a bottle, and in all seriousness the bottle actually reaches the right recipient.
Now an expedition is set up at home to save the two half-frozen castaways. While the relief expedition is on its way, Ingrid and Hjalmar have used up the last of the provisions. The explorer Södersen, however, was not made to give up and dares to go outside the hut to organize something to eat. But he has to sprint back into the hut immediately, as he has spotted some rather hungry-looking polar bears in the distance. You face the frostbite in the face and Ingrid has already drawn a revolver to kill herself. At the last moment, her husband can stop her from performing an act of desperation. Meanwhile, Hjalmar undertakes a second excursion in front of the hut, but one of the polar bears has only been waiting for this delicacy. With great difficulty, Hjalmar can escape the furry opponent and climb a rock. The bears roam around the hut as Ms. Södersen also promises a delicious snack. The polar bears are shaking the door outside, which Ingrid is holding shut with the last of her strength. Eventually, a polar bear manages to enter uninvited. Ingrid already sees her end coming when the rescue team reaches the inhospitable region and can safely bring the couple back home.
Production notes
The Sultan von Johore was created in the Union studio in Berlin-Tempelhof , had three or five acts, depending on the source, and was only 941 meters long. The film passed the film censorship in December 1917 and received a youth ban. The premiere took place in the same month.
criticism
“The… sensational drama 'The Sultan of Jahore' sic! is an extremely interesting film, which offers a lot of variety due to the diversity of the plot, transports us to distant countries and familiarizes us with their customs and traditions. Sensation follows sensation, and all the sensational events are cleverly woven into the plot without losing any of its naturalness. This film offers only the very best in every respect, is unsurpassable in terms of equipment and photography ... "