The Jewess (film)

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Movie
Original title The Jewess
Country of production Austria-Hungary
original language German
Publishing year 1918
length approx. 76 minutes
Rod
Director Luise Kolm
Jakob Fleck
script Luise Kolm
Jakob Fleck based
on the opera of the same name with the libretto by Eugène Scribe
production Anton Kolm
Luise Kolm
Jakob Fleck
occupation

Die Jüdin is an Austro-Hungarian silent film drama from 1918 by Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck .

action

Holy Roman Empire in the early 15th century. Prince Leopold returns home from the Hussite Wars as a general and can report glorious victories to his father, Emperor Sigismund . In honor of the general, the Emperor and Cardinal Brogni organize a lavish celebration in which the people should also take part. A splendid procession moves to the church, on which the victorious one is to be extensively paid homage. In his exuberance, the triumphant vows that on this happy day, wine instead of water should flow out of all fountains. While the travel festival is buzzing outside, the jeweler Eleazar works in his workshop. An imperial guard arrests him for alleged disturbance of the peace and wants to throw the old man into the dungeon without further ado. The anti-Semitic mob soon ruled the streets and wanted to kill the Jews immediately. Cardinal Brogni intervenes, but only when Eleazar reminds him of how he had once rescued the Cardinal's daughter from a conflagration. Brogni then orders the guards to release the prisoner.

Eleazar's foster daughter Recha is a pretty girl and managed to get Prince Leopold to have an eye on her soon. Both briefly discuss with each other how a mutual rendezvous can take place most inconspicuously. At this rendezvous, forbidden by law, in which Leopold pretends to be a certain "Samuel", the turtling couple is caught by Eleazar, who does not recognize his imperial prince. Since the jeweler believes that the nobleman has compromised his foster child through this tête-à-tête, he expects nothing less from "Samuel" than that this Recha leads to the altar. Prince Leopold then reveals his true identity to the jeweler and is expelled from the house.

Leopold's fiancée Endora shows up one day at Eleazar's to buy a precious necklace for her future husband from the jeweler. The next day, she presented her fiancé with the piece of jewelry in a splendid festive setting. All of a sudden Recha bursts into this event and accuses Prince Leopold of dealing with a Jewish woman, i.e. himself, that is prohibited by law for non-Jews. She certainly blames herself for it. The compulsory death sentence is softened into lifelong exile in view of the high-ranking personality of Leopold, while Recha and Eleazar are to be executed. In front of the cardinal's eyes, Recha is thrown into a kettle full of boiling contents and thus tortured to death. Before Eleazar also dies at the hand of the hangman, he calls out to the cardinal: “Look there, your child!”. Brogni collapses in disbelief in the face of what he has not prevented in the name of the church.

Production notes

The Jewess was shot in the spring of 1918 and premiered on July 6, 1918 in front of a special audience in Vienna. The mass start was on November 29, 1918 in Austria's capital. The four-stroke had a length of 1545 to around 1600 meters.

Luise Kolm and Jakob Julius Fleck celebrated a special anniversary with Die Jüdin : it was their 100th film.

criticism

“This is a film adaptation of the well-known opera 'Die Jüdin' by Halévy, which pulsates with a beautiful glow of sensation and aroused the greatest delight of the viewer even from the screen. The representation, which was made by the famous artists Ehmann, Neufeld, Recht, Bernay u. a. worried was the best imaginable. The staging was simply unsurpassable. The photography is first class, so that one can safely say that the best of the best was offered and that the success was well-deserved and justified. "

- Neue Kino-Rundschau of July 13, 1918. p. 91

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Neue Kino-Rundschau of July 13, 1918, p. 91

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