The Geierwally (1921)

Movie
Original title	The Geierwally
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1921
length	95 minutes
Rod
Director	EA Dupont
script	EA Dupont
production	Henny Porten Hanns Lippmann
music	Bruno Schulz (cinema music)
camera	Arpad Viragh Karl Hasselmann
occupation
Henny Porten : Vulture-Wally Wilhelm Dieterle : Bear Joseph Albert Steinrück : Stromminger, the highest builder Eugen Klöpfer : Gellner-Vinzenz Wilhelm Diegelmann : Rosenbauer sen. Gerd Fricke : Rosenbauer jun. Julius Brandt : Klettenmeyer Elise Zachow-Vallentin : Luckard Maria Grimm-Einödshofer : Obermagd Grete Diercks : Afra

Geierwally is a first German film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Wilhelmine von Hillern by EA Dupont from 1921.

action

Bear Joseph, so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued from a dangerous situation at a vulture nest by Wally, a farmer's daughter. He then calls her "Geierwally" from now on. Wally falls in love with Joseph. This is not right for her father, who wants to marry her off to Vincent. Also, it looks like Joseph has another mistress. When Wally found out, she was full of anger and Vincent even wanted to kill him. It turns out, however, that the presumed lover is Joseph's illegitimate daughter. So Joseph and Wally can still find each other.

production

The production company was Gloria-Film GmbH Berlin. Hanns Lippmann took over the production management, Paul Leni was responsible for the production design. It has a length of 2,155 meters, approx. 95 minutes. The censorship took place on August 15, 1921, the premiere on September 12, 1921 in Berlin.

criticism

“Dupont is an excellent director. He has an eye for subtleties, for genre images, for episodic charms that are unique to him among the younger generation of directors. His ideas are always effective, but they just remain ideas that do not enter the flow of the action. The great line that Lubitsch has, for example, is missing; he does not command the actors to only become carriers of his spiritual experiences: rather, they play their roles as best they can. But one always misses the director's power to classify and subordinate the game to the intensification of the plot. In addition, Dupont has an eye for visual stimuli, which suggests something significant for the future. "

- Photo-Stage, No. 38, September 17, 1921

Web links

• The Geierwally in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Geierwally at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Film length calculator, frame rate : 20
2. ^ Criticism at filmportal.de