The Caucasian
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Caucasian |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Joe May Uwe Jens Krafft |
| script | Joe May |
| production | Joe May |
| camera | Curt Courant |
| occupation | |
| |
The Caucasian is a 1917 German crime film from the Joe Deebs film series with Max Landa in the title role.
action
One day, detective Joe Deebs meets Helene, the wife of the engineer Mertens. A little later, Deebs can intervene in their favor when he prevents their precious jewelry from being stolen. Soon afterwards he is a guest in Prince Sumalo's house. There, the nose not only exposes a cardsharp, but also discovers a portrait of a lady who looks very similar to Helene Mertens. When he asked, the prince replied that the woman depicted was his bride at the time, but who has since died. The portrait and the prince's story can not go away from the gentleman detective, and Deebs continues to investigate the matter.
Joe Deebs finds out that the depicted bride, a Caucasian, only apparently died, as the prince still firmly believes to this day. Rather, once a servant of the prince had given her a sleeping pill that made a person appear dead in order to escape from the princely clutches. Then the Caucasian woman was buried in the princely crypt, a little later, after awakening, but immediately freed. Back among the living, the Caucasian woman and her helper had subsequently married. Deebs decides to keep this secret from the Caucasian woman, as Mr. and Mrs. Mertens are a very happy couple.
Production notes
The Caucasian was filmed in August 1917, passed film censorship in December of the same year and was premiered on July 5, 1918 in the Tauentzienpalast in Berlin . The film had four acts over a length of 1,576 meters. A youth ban was issued.
For the cameraman Curt Courant , who was just 18 years old , this was one of his first works.
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "The material is fantastic, but just as the scenery is very good, the game and photos are excellent."
Web links
- The Caucasian at filmportal.de
- The Caucasian female in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Caucasian at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Caucasian Woman ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimann's film lists
