The way of tears
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The way of tears |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alwin Neuss |
| script | Ruth Goetz based on a literary model by Alwin Neuss |
| production | Erich Pommer for Decla-Film |
| camera | Bruno Michalsky |
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The Path of Tears is a German silent film melodrama from 1916 with Hella Moja in the leading role.
action
Hilde Rolsy, daughter of a highly placed and respected privy councilor, marries against the declared will of her father Edgar Hansen, who has the reputation of a light-hearted gambler. As a result, her father casts her away, and her windy husband also leaves her and flees to America after he can no longer pay off his considerably increased gambling debts. Left alone and with a small child as a heavy mortgage, Hilde now only has the path of tears.
But she doesn't give up and tries to fend for herself and her baby on her own. The athlete Max Worms gives her a helping hand when he places Hilde as a singer in a variety theater. After a while she became famous for her singing skills and celebrated triumphs in America under the pseudonym Hella Colini. One night a thief breaks into her. Hilde / Hella wakes up and recognizes him: It is her faithful and useless husband of gods. Nevertheless, she forgives and makes up with him.
Production notes
The Path of Tears was shot in the spring of 1916, was censored in April 1916 and was banned from young people. The world premiere took place on October 6, 1916. The four-act act was 1,300 meters long in its Austrian version. The Way of Tears was seen in Vienna from November 24, 1916.