Dida Ibsen's story
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dida Ibsen's story |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 92 to 103 (original versions) approx. 40 (fragment) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Oswald |
| script | Richard Oswald |
| production | Richard Oswald |
| camera | Max Fassbender |
| occupation | |
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Dida Ibsen's story is a German silent film from 1918 by Richard Oswald based on the novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme .
action
The still very young Dida Ibsen has many obstacles to overcome on the way to her personal happiness. Her parents expect her to marry a man she doesn't love in the least. Then she escapes this predicament with the man who means something to her: Erik Norrensen. But this constellation is also full of problems, as the other is still married. And this woman is not at all ready to get a divorce.
Dida is threatened with social marginalization because she is expecting a child from her lover. So that the baby is not born out of wedlock, she necessarily marries the unmarried India traveler Philipp Galen. But he is infected by a stubborn tropical disease and harasses Dida wherever he can. Nevertheless, she takes care of the sadistic Maladen on his sick bed, and in a moment of mental clarity he asks her to part with him. Dida then returns to her child's father, Erik, but he, too, ultimately becomes terminally ill and kills himself with one shot. With such severe testing, Dida Ibsen decides to return to the family's lap. In the meantime, there has also been insight, and the parents are trying to make up for the mistakes made in Dida.
Production notes
The film was shot, sometimes in full length “Dida Ibsen's story. A finale to the 'Diary of a Lost' ”and is counted as part of Oswald's cycle of directing his moral and educational films, in the late phase of the First World War . In the censorship bill in September 1918 it was banned for the duration of the war, but released immediately after the end of the war in November 1918 on condition that certain cuts be made.
The premiere of the silent film, which today is only fragmentary, took place in the Berlin Marble House on December 12, 1918. A youth ban was issued.
The film constructions come from August Rinaldi .
classification
The Neue Kino-Rundschau praised the production as "an exciting film from the first to the last picture".
“Oswald's brilliant sadomelodrama from 1918 profited from the so-called censorship-free period. A mistress leaves the ethereal lord who can endure her and succumbs to a sadist who whips her. This three-person piece is played by Anita Berber, the scandalous nude dancer of the time, Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss, and therefore by those who became famous as the Oswald Ensemble. (…) DIDA IBSENS STORY is an actor's film, played by actors who were guided by Oswald with the greatest pleasure. Oswald's art of acting became evident. The camera looks into a stage set, the interest is concentrated on the play of the comedians, the plot and with it the moral of the story comes into the scenes. It was not the "erotic aberrations" noted by contemporary critics but the comedic ease with which it was displayed that made the film a scandal (and a success with the public). (…) The effect of DIDA IBSEN's STORY can be assessed by studying the indignation and intensity with which civil servants reacted to the educational film Oswald. The newspaper "Der Tag" (January 17, 1920) opened its columns for Police Doctor a. D. Dr. med. Drews (Berlin), member of the Advisory Board for Combating Venereal Diseases in the Ministry of Welfare, who attended the premiere of ES WILL LIGHT! In 1917 together with members of the Reich and state parliaments, government representatives and officials from the Reich Health Office and the Reich Insurance Office. was loaded and found an »animated film« as well as pure »sexual pharisaism«. "
Paimann's film lists summed up: "Material, photos and scenery very good. Game excellent."
Web links
- Dida Ibsen's history in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dida Ibsen's story at filmportal.de
- Dida Ibsen's story at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ^ Review in the Neue Kino-Rundschau of September 14, 1918
- ↑ Dietrich Kuhlbrodt on Dida Ibsen's story in CineGraph
- ↑ Dida Ibsen's story in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
