The theater prince
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The theater prince |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | approx. 49 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz Hofer |
| script | Franz Hofer |
| production |
Isidor Fett Karl Wiesel |
| occupation | |
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Der Theaterprinz is a German silent film amusement from 1917 by Franz Hofer with Carl Auen in the leading role.
action
Lo von Hallerström, a theater-loving young lady, receives permission from her strict father to visit her friend Rudi in the small royal seat, accompanied by her governess. The governess should take care, she is instructed, that Lo never comes into contact with the court theater, because this is not appropriate for a young woman of class. But Lo escapes, and she manages to sniff the frowned upon theater air with friend Rudi. After seeing a performance in Lo, the decision was made to go to the theater as well. She would like to ask the prince's actor if he would not be willing to give her acting lessons. But the backstage area is cordoned off by the theater director and the head of the house does not let her in to the adored colleague-to-be. Lo insists on wanting to speak to "the prince" on an "urgent business matter," but of course means the performer of the same. The director, in turn, believes that the young lady wants to speak to Prince Ottokar, the sovereign, as he is also in the backstage area. And so she is admitted.
Ottokar is in the process of choosing the right actors for an upcoming “ shepherd's play ” that is to be given at the castle on the occasion of a festival. Prince Ottokar is obviously a real rascal, because he immediately recognizes Los misunderstanding. Your father is a good friend of his. Lo still thinks he has the actor of the theater prince in front of him, and Ottokar joins in the fun and makes a fool of her. This mistake leads to the alleged prince actor Ottokar being able to meet Lo on the following day for a rendezvous in the city park. Lo feigns a toothache to the watchful governess and receives permission to go to the dentist Dr. Rasmus to go. It is extremely practical that Rudi and Rasmus have apparently fallen in love with each other for some time and are therefore willing to give Lo support and an alibi so that Lo can rush to her theater prince in the city park.
The day of the castle festival has come. Lo and her alleged theater prince are already on the stage, believing that they will now appear as part of the shepherd's play. The curtain rises and Lo is taken by surprise when her theater prince walks up to her and kisses in public in front of his subjects. Then he steps in front of his people and proclaims with solemn words: “That was the engagement of Prince Ottokar to Lo von Wallerström”. Cheers break out and the curtain falls again immediately. Lo doesn't understand a word. The penny only falls when Ottokar calls her father over to explain everything. Six weeks later, little Lo married her real prince.
Production notes
The theater prince , listed in some sources without an article, was created in the winter of 1916/17 in the Luna-Film-Atelier in Berlin's Friedrichstrasse 224, had three acts and was 1006 meters long. The film was censored on February 26, 1917, was banned from young people and premiered in Berlin's marble house in October of the same year .
criticism
“It is not a new one, but a generally popular and therefore extremely grateful comedy idea that is incorporated into this pretty, entertaining picture. You see them again and again with new pleasure and delight in the delicacy of the subject. It is also interesting to see how a skilled director like Franz Hofer can always find new sides to a good cause ... (...) The artist Leo Valis [sic!] In the portrayal of the countess is just as charming as the plot , which she embodies with immensely amiable impartiality and delightful roguishness. "