The woman in heaven
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The woman in heaven |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | approx. 75 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Johannes Guter |
| script |
Walter CF Lierke Johannes Guter |
| production | Erich Pommer for Decla-Film (Berlin) |
| camera | Willy Schwaebl |
| occupation | |
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Die Frau im Himmel is a German silent film from 1920 by Johannes Guter with Lil Dagover and Werner Krauss in the leading roles.
action
The story takes place in tsarist Russia. The son of a mercilessly reigning grand duke with a hard hand, loves Tatiana. She, the daughter of a simple man from the country, is taken by the grand prince to Saint Petersburg, where Tatiana soon has a steep career as a dancer. One day on his wife's deathbed, the old man has to find out that the Grand Duke once took her by force. The fruit of this rape became Feodor, a mentally underexposed boy who has meanwhile matured into a man.
Guided by irrepressible anger, Tatjana's father now wants to take revenge on the entire royal family and calls on the enslaved peasants in the area to follow him to the prince's castle. A big party is being held there, where both the prince's son and Tatjana are staying and the young dancer is supposed to delight the guests with her skills. It comes to a momentous, terrible encounter, at the end of which Tatjana is killed by her insane half-brother.
Production notes
The Woman in Heaven passed film censorship on August 18, 1920 and was banned from youth. The world premiere took place on August 20, 1920 in Berlin's marble house. The length of the strip was 1,550 meters, divided into five acts.
The two stars of the film, Dagover and Krauss, had worked for the same production company in the expressionist masterpiece Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari stood in front of the camera. Franz Seemann was responsible for the film construction. Rudolf Meinert was the production manager.
criticism
“The direction as well as the photography and the equipment - especially the scenes in the Princely Palace - deserve unreserved praise. Despite the current overproduction of films with a Russian milieu, this picture will make its way. "
Web links
- The woman in the sky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The woman in heaven at filmportal.de