The heroine of St. Honorée
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| Original title | The heroine of St. Honorée |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1913 |
| length | approx. 41 minutes |
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| Director | Emil Albes |
| script | Luise Heilborn-Körbitz |
| production | German bioscop |
| camera | Karl Hasselmann |
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The heroine of St. Honorée , often referred to as Kein Schön'rer Tod , is a German silent film drama from 1913 by Emil Albes with Carl Clewing in the leading role.
action
The story is said to have been designed according to the notes of a participant in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 .
In the early winter of 1870, Lieutenant Hans Heinz von Winter was commissioned to move into quarters with his squadron of the 7th Uhlan Regiment in the French village of Le Catelet. The quarter is with the beautiful and still young orphan Aimée Bonfon, who leaves a very cultivated impression. The field guard of the village, Reynard, takes the withdrawal of the detached German infantry detachment and the advance of Winter's Ulan Squadron as an opportunity to forge a conspiracy with other villagers against the German occupiers. In Monsieur Bertrand's inn, it was decided that not a single Ulan could leave the village alive. For this reason, it should be pretended to organize a festival in honor of a bride and groom. Aimée is supposed to play the alleged bride. At this festival, the Germans present are to be murdered during the dance, the enemies who are not present in the neighborhood are attacked and killed there. After initial hesitation, Aimée also agreed to it after appealing to her patriotism. More and more she doubts her task, which will cost the lives of many young people. Since she fell in love with von Winter as much as he did with her, Aimée at least tried to prevent him from going to the alleged party. When the two budding lovebirds perform music in front of each other in Aimées' room, they hug each other.
The time of the celebration is getting closer. Reynard invites the German Uhlans to a party that Aimée's engagement should be celebrated. Von Winter is dismayed, runs to his loved one and asks if this is true. With tearful eyes she says, completely against her convictions but out of firm patriotic belief: “Yes”. Hans Heinz von Winter leaves her house amazed and without a greeting. Aimée is completely dejected and reluctantly allows herself to be adorned to be the "bride". The wrong groom has already arrived. In order to protect her Hans Heinz from the terrible ambush, Aimée begs him at another encounter, wringing his hands, not to come to this party, but to stay in his room.
The party is in full swing, German officers are joking and dancing with pretty young French women. Meanwhile, the armed Franctireurs are already sneaking around the restaurant outside, just waiting for the signal to strike. That sounds, and the armed French rush into the inn and slaughter everything that comes before the guns. Even in winter he can hear the noise from outside echoing into his bower. He takes up the saber and the pistol and wants to rush to the aid of his people. Aimée stands in front of the door and throws herself into him to prevent himself from falling victim to the slaughter. The Franctireurs have discovered Winter and want to finish him off when Aimée clings to him. She pulls her loved one, the Prussian "enemy", behind her, through the courtyard to the rear exit so that he can get on his horse and ride away. Lieutenant von Winter can't just leave his lifesaver behind and pull her on his horse with him. The bullets of the troublemakers whistle around the ears, but they can escape their captors.
It will be a life and death ride, and it is only when the two have reached the 8th Regiment that von Winter realizes that he had been grazed by a shot. When he was being treated, the first thing the lieutenant asked was where his little French friend had gone. However, she has disappeared and made her way back home, no matter what terrible consequences she must face. In Le Catelet, the bloody victory over the Germans is already being celebrated when they swing their fists towards the homecomer. Before it comes to the extreme, one of the French shouts “Flee, the Prussians are coming!” Hans Heinz von Winter, who is medicated with an emergency bandage, rides in order to pursue the Franctireurs who are fleeing like rabbits and to protect his Aimée. Then she is hit by a German bullet and collapses. Aimée dies in Winter's arms. Deeply hit by his suffering, he kneels before her and lets go of all caution. The head of the conspirators, Reynard, has meanwhile hidden cowardly behind a barn wall and aims with his rifle from ambush at the weeping German. A shot is fired, and in death Hans Heinz and Aimée are reunited.
Production notes
The heroine of St. Honorée was created at the beginning of 1913 in the Bioscop studio in Neubabelsberg and had three acts, spread over a length of 764 to 770 meters. The film passed the censorship in March 1913, the premiere took place on April 11, 1913.
The film structures were designed by Robert A. Dietrich .
After the outbreak of hostilities between Germany and France in August 1914, the film was re-released under the main title The War of the Franks .
Reviews
“… The drama (…) The 'Heldin von St. Honoré' deserves special mention because the interesting milieu of the Franco-German war is chosen as the background for the events, the plot has a fixed dramatic structure and Clewing really gets the opportunity to do his To put talent in the right light. "
"In the" Cines "-Nollendorf-Theater the film" The Heroine of St. Honoré "met with the undivided applause of the large audience. The cinema piece depicts in magnificently placed pictures of great liveliness and historical fidelity, with Karl Clewing from the Kgl. Playhouse in the lead role, a dramatically moving episode from the Franco-German war. "