The death of Phaleria
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The death of Phaleria |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | approx. 78 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz east |
| script | Alfred Schirokauer |
| production | Emelka , Munich |
| camera | Hugo Fischer |
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The Death of Phaleria is a German silent film drama from 1919 by Franz Osten with Erich Kaiser-Titz in the lead role.
action
Thanatos is none other than death, and he is tired of the eternal bringing home of lost souls. At last he too wants to taste earthly life for once, just live for three days like a person on earth, feel, love and suffer like humanoids. His wish is heard and Thanatos is allowed to walk as a normal mortal for three days. He soon sees that he is being asked for everywhere: the sick and weak demand his help, want death to help them slide over into the hereafter. First and foremost, Thanatos wanted to get to know the joys of being human, but soon he was taught better at a royal court: here, where the high art of intrigue is cultivated, he is accused of murdering the Prince's best friend.
It doesn't take long for Thanatos to lose all of his joy in the upcoming experiences, and he is only disgusted by the behavior of the people. So the incarnate death becomes a victim of cunning wickedness and blind justice, and his neck is handed over to the executioner for the execution of the death sentence. He's lucky because the third day has already passed and Thanatos has become a great reaper again. When confronted with the love of a beautiful girl, thanks to all the experiences of the past three days, he has lost all compassion and lets the girl die. He leaves his earthly place of activity bitter and tears down everything that stands in his way. Phaleria, this place of sin and character misery, becomes a desert through him.
Production notes
The Emelka production The Death of Phaleria was made during the censorship-free period in Munich in 1919 and was premiered in October of the same year in the Berlin Sportpalast-Lichtspiele. The length of the five-act was originally 1618 meters, when the new censorship on February 22, 1921 was only 1531 meters.
criticism
"Deviating from the template, it places a symbolic figure of death in the plot to reveal the weaknesses of the present time."