The ocarina

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Movie
Original title The ocarina
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1919
length approx. 82 (1919) minutes
Rod
Director Uwe Jens Krafft
script Bobby E. Lüthge based on the novel Treu wie Gold by Karin Michaëlis
production Isidor Fett
Karl Wiesel
camera Max Lutze
occupation

The Ocarina is a German silent film drama and three-person play set on the high seas . Directed by Uwe Jens Krafft played Charlotte Böcklin and Conrad Veidt the leading roles.

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The Dutch captain Jan Svarrer has a wife who on the one hand loves him more than anything, on the other hand is consumed with jealousy and believes that temptations lurk everywhere. Other captainwives who want to celebrate their birthdays with her add to their fears. Suddenly her husband is at the door. Actually, Ms. Svarrer should be happy about it, but the sting of uncertainty sits so deep in her that she decides to send her daughter Regine (according to another version: Antje) to take care of Jan's next trip. This is what happens, and Regine accompanies her father on the next long trip so that she can give the mother information about everything after her return. Regine gets to know the true character of her father on the sailing ship. He himself suffers most from being separated from his wife for so long and exposed to so many temptations on land. When they land in the next port, Jaap, the cook, wants to go ashore too, but the captain strictly forbids him. In order to calm down the cook, Regine had the idea to send him a bottle of rum so that he could better numb his misfortune of having to stay on board.

Meanwhile Regine and father go ashore. In fact, Regine has to make sure that the temptations of the harbor mile do not give the father sinful and excessive thoughts. The presence of his young daughter discipline the old sea dog, and he decides to obey the voice of reason and return on board. But when he believes Regine is asleep in her cabin, he goes back ashore to give sin a chance there. The cook doesn't miss this opportunity, and in the absence of the protective father he attacks Regine. Even when you are back on the high seas, Jaap harassed the girl from now on whenever and wherever he can. As this voyage nears its end on landing in the last port, Captain Svarrer receives a telegram that he should not return home, but should set sail again for a new voyage. Svarrer is raging, he wanted to go back to home and hearth. Instead, the daughter is brought ashore from where she is supposed to return home alone.

The molester Jaap has long since forgotten his abuse of Regines, but the fruit of his rape grows in her. Since then Regine has been haunted by nightmares, her experience with the brutal cook left deep emotional wounds in her. There is panic when she thinks that everyone will soon see her pregnancy. The mother has no sense of what concerns Regine. She just pokes holes in her daughter over and over again with the question of whether the father was also faithful. Only Marikke, Regine's sister, instinctively senses that something is wrong with her. When a certain Mr. Cobus asks for Regine's hand, she agrees, hoping to find a way out of her dilemma. Horrible news finally reaches the home sweet home: The father has sunk with his ship, there are no survivors. Only Regine suspects what really happened. Her father had once sworn to her that he would set the sailor aground should he be unfaithful to his wife. Regine decides not to tell his mother about his cheating and to keep her under the illusion of her husband as a loyal husband. Instead, Regine writes in a suicide note that the captain had learned of the cook's violence against her and that he, Jaap and the ship sank in order to erase this disgrace. Then she leaps out of the window to her death.

Production notes

The ocarina had six acts and was 1691 meters long when it was first performed in 1919. When it was re-censored on April 29, 1921, the length was 1829 meters. A youth ban has been issued. The film was shown for the first time on August 8, 1919 in Berlin's Kant-Lichtspiele.

Bobby E. Lüthge wrote his first screenplay for this production. The film is considered lost.

The ocarina is a type of flute.

Reviews

“Dutch sailor motif filled with eroticism and presented brilliantly, it will compete with every hit. Charlotten Bücklin and Conrad Veidt give extraordinary acting performances. (...) Strong sensual affects and suffering moments alternate in the fast happening, leaving a strong impression. "

- New Kino-Rundschau

In its review, the Film-Kurier of August 10, 1919 praised the successful implementation of the literary model, which is suitable for reading the not-too-well-known novel by Karin Michaelis. For this reason, the educated reader as well as the simple movie-goer will enjoy this logically structured film, which does not neglect the psychological components of the material , according to the Film-Kurier . The performance of the three main actors was particularly emphasized, with Conrad Veidt being of a "demonic" nature. Finally it says: “All in all, a great success”.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Name according to German Early Cinema. In the Neue Kino-Rundschau of 1919 she is always called "Antje"
  2. ^ Name according to contemporary source. In the Neue Kino-Rundschau of 1919 he is always called "Jan Steen"
  3. Neue Kino-Rundschau of October 4, 1919. P. 24

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