The cabaret queen
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The Cabaret Queen / The Cabaret Queen |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1913 |
| length | 62 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fritz Bernhardt |
| production | Alfred Duskes |
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The Cabaret Queen is a German silent film melodrama from 1913 with Tatjana Irrah in one of her first film roles.
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The department store saleswoman Olga Seifert is a lovely, nice girl, a little nosy and bold, but very popular. Her father is a foreman in a machine factory, her mother pampers her. Olga has a lot of nonsense in her head, she dreams of one day being rich and famous. Olga loves the dance, and when one day she shows her colleagues a new dance on the packing table in the warehouse, she is surprised by her boss and immediately fired. Olga sees this as an opportunity and goes to an artist agency in the hope of being able to perform as a dancer in the variety theater. Neither her parents nor her fiancé Robert know of Olga's eviction, and she wants to keep it a secret.
Since Robert always wanted to create something of his own before the student could ask Olga for her hand, he waited until he had just passed the exam. In her panic of having to bury all her own dreams, Olga leaves her entire previous life behind without leaving a message and leaves her parents' house and hometown. Although she will succeed as a variety dancer in the coming years through a tough fight, Olga continues not to reveal anything about her new life to her parents, because she assumes that her father will not agree with it. Olga has taken on a stage name and is therefore returning to her old homeland with a clear conscience for an interesting engagement. Her father has meanwhile climbed the career ladder in his job and now works as a foreman at Holzmann'sche Eisenwerke. How can he suspect that his top boss, Mr. Holzmann, is an enthusiastic fan of this young artist who is planning to perform in a variety show in this city?
Olga is showered with presents from Holzmann and finally, after asking for a long time, goes on a rendezvous. The same is said to take place in Holzmann's apartment, in front of which, however, a number of angry workers have gathered who are just about to storm the apartment. Among them is Olga's father, who is promptly present when the Holzmann luxury car with his daughter Olga pulls up in front of the apartment. The workers are upset, an industrial accident the day before lets them demonstrate for better safety conditions. Without being seen, Olga witnesses this strike and immediately recognizes the voice of her father. The situation escalates: Holzmann harshly rejects the demonstrators, who then want to be violent, whereupon Holzmann suddenly pulls a revolver out of his pocket and waves it around in front of his angry workforce led by father Seifert.
A scream can be heard and Olga calls out as she rushes between the two men: “Don't shoot! It's my father! ”. Old Seifert is horrified. His daughter is not only a tinkerer, but also the lover of the hated factory director ?! Seifert tries to hook his boss on the chin and accidentally hits his daughter, who has still stood between the two fighters and then sinks to the floor. Both men are only now realizing where their hot-headed behavior has led them. The next day, Director Holzmann goes to Olga's father and asks for Olga's hand. In turn, the director and future husband hands over a document on which it is written in black and white that Holzmann will meet the demands of the workers and, moreover, provide a considerable amount of money for the establishment of a company health insurance. In this way love not only brought two people together, but also overcame the dispute between workers and capital.
Production notes
The Cabaret Queen was created in the spring of 1913 in the Duskes film studio at Blücherstrasse 12, passed film censorship in April 1913 and was premiered on May 31, 1913. The film was 1140 meters long, divided into three acts.