The steadfast Benjamin
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The steadfast Benjamin |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | approx. 73 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Wiene |
| script | Robert Wiene |
| production | Oskar Messter |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| occupation | |
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The steadfast Benjamin is a 1916, German silent film swank by Robert Wiene with Arnold Rieck in the title role.
action
Benjamin Nickmüller works as a housekeeper in Alois Lauter's shoe store. In doing so, he often acts so idiotically that he does more harm than help. His supervisor is already thinking about throwing Benjamin out, when one day he reads in the newspaper that Benjamin is wanted by a notary, because his uncle, who has just blessed the time, left him a considerable sum of money. From now on, Lauter, who, as a shrewd businessman, smells the morning air, is like a different person. From now on, Benjamin is no longer the stupid lackluster with whom you can do everything. Rather, Nickmüller's superior is extremely polite and carries his subordinates on his hands. A ten-year employment contract is even drawn up. The shoe boss, however, had a clause built in with which he hopes to get Benjamin's intended inheritance.
Should the bumbling employee resign from the contract and terminate it on his own initiative, he has to pay his boss Lauter a fixed contractual penalty of 50,000 marks. Benjamin, who has not become suspicious of his superior's change of heart, is just as naive as he is clueless and signs the paper. So he takes over the uncle's heir in the amount of 272,000 marks and initially remains an employee of Mr. Lauter. In the evening he goes out on the slopes and made one break after the other, during the day Benjamin is as before the good little employee. Lauter's unfair intention to disgust Nickmüller from his employment does not work, Benjamin remains steadfast and can even beat Alois Lauter with his own means. So one day the shoe boss gives up and unceremoniously makes Benjamin Nickmüller his partner.
Production notes
The steadfast Benjamin was made in mid-1916 in the Messter-Film-Atelier in Berlin's Blücherstraße 32, passed the censorship in August of the same year and had its German premiere on April 13, 1917 in the Mozart Hall of the capital. The comedy had four acts and in the Austrian version, which had been on view in Vienna since March 23, 1917, was around 1,500 meters long.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: "Very good material, photos, games, scenery and humor excellent."
Web links
- The steadfast Benjamin at The German Early Cinema Database
- The steadfast Benjamin at filmportal.de
- The Steadfast Benjamin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The steadfast Benjamin ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimann's film lists
