The giant's fist
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The giant's fist |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | 71 (part 1, 1917), 67 (part 2, 1917); 67 (part 1, re-performance 1921), 48 (part 2, re-performance 1921) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolf Biebrach |
| script | EA Dupont based on the novel by Rudolf Stratz |
| production | Oskar Messter |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| camera | Karl friend |
| occupation | |
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The Giant's Fist is a two-part, German silent film drama from 1917 with Henny Porten in the lead role.
action
First part : The young Martina is married to the landowner Diether von Brake. But the happy days of this marriage are long gone, as her husband has completely devoted himself to gaming and neglected his wife, children and the farm.
To make matters worse, one day Martina also had to find out from Malte von Malchow, a friend of her brother-in-law Wend von Brake, that Diether was also unfaithful to her. She therefore takes her two children and leaves the estate with the intention of getting a divorce from Diether as soon as possible. But her husband doesn't give up that easily. He brings the children back to him and forces Martina to come back to him.
Second part : Although Martina has returned to her husband Diether, he has not changed in the least and is continuing his wasteful and irresponsible lifestyle. The gambling debts soon grow over his head, and so he has the forest cut down on his estate. The forester who warns him of the consequences chases him away. He also treats Wend, his brother, badly - when he asks for help, he throws him out of the house. Both Förster Gehrke and Wend do not leave without threatening Diether with serious consequences.
One day the angry man is dead; Diether's body is found in his Berlin apartment. Immediately the suspicion falls on forester Gehrke. But then, surprisingly, Malte von Malchow confesses the deed: in love with Martina, he wanted to free her from the tyrannical husband. While the forester is released and returns to his forest, Malte takes his own life.
Production notes
The Giant's Fist was made in the early autumn of 1917 in the Messter-Film-Atelier, Blücherstraße 32. The first part of the film consisted of four acts with a length of 1,451 meters, with the new censorship on June 25, 1921 four acts with a length of 1,380 meters . The second part in 1917 was also four acts thick over a length of 1380 meters, with the new censorship three acts over a length of 985 meters. A youth ban was issued.
Part 1 was premiered on November 18, 1917 in the Mozart Hall in Berlin as part of a matinee for wounded and sick soldiers from the First World War . The second part started on December 21, 1917 at the same location. In Vienna, the film ran a few weeks later with a length of only around 900 meters.
For the theater actress Auguste Pünkösdy this should have been her first film appearance.
Ludwig Kainer designed the film structures .
Reviews
Oskar Kalbus wrote: "The year 1917 brought the Porten's greatest war effort, the two-part film 'Die Faust des Giesen', based on a novel by Rudolf Stratz."
When Heinrich Fraenkel says: "Henny Porten has in the film, Fist of giant 'its biggest artistic success."
In Paimann's film lists you can read about part 1: "Material, photos and scenery very good, game excellent."
In Paimann's film lists you can read about part 2: “Material and game excellent. Photos and scenery very good. "
Web links
- The giant's fist, 1st part at filmportal.de
- The giant's fist, 2nd part at filmportal.de
- The fist of the giant in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The giant's fist, Part 1 at The German Early Cinema Database
- The giant's fist, Part 2 at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ^ Oskar Kalbus: On the becoming of German film art. 1st part: The silent film. Berlin 1935. p. 21
- ^ Heinrich Fraenkel: Immortal Film. The great chronicle from the Laterna Magica to the sound film. Munich 1956, p. 395
- ↑ Die Faust des Giesen, 1st part 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.
- ↑ Die Faust des Giesen, Part 2 in Paimann's film lists ( 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.
