The Rothausgasse
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The Rothausgasse |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Oswald |
| script | Franz Schulz |
| production | Richard Oswald |
| camera | Franz Planner |
| occupation | |
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The Rothausgasse is a German silent film from 1928 by Richard Oswald with Gustav Fröhlich and Grete Mosheim in the leading roles. The film, which takes place in a prostitute milieu, is based on the novel The Holy Scarab by Else Jerusalem .
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Milada grew up in a brothel on Rothausgasse, but has not yet become a whore herself. Resigned to fate, she always followed her mother Katherina, an aging whore who was unable to escape this milieu herself. Now this mother is dying and takes her daughter, who is now 17 years old and works in a new "salon" of Mrs. Goldscheider, from the promise to do everything possible to escape this environment. Milada turns out to be not particularly strong-willed when the puff mother Goldscheider offers her to work as a prostitute herself and asks an admirer, the well-read Dr. Horner, for advice. He advises her to stay in the brothel, since she really doesn't know anything other than Rothausgasse. Then he gives her, for philosophical edification, works by Immanuel Kant to read.
In the brothel, the young whore soon met Gustav Brenner, a young man who was seriously worried about her. “You have to get out of here! Even today! I'll help you, "says Gustl to Milada, but, weak-willed as she is, only replies," I belong here. "On her mother's deathbed, Milada also met Dr. Brenner, Gustav's father, met who took care of the moribund whore. Now the doctor knows about Milada's origin and profession. Milada now finally wants to turn her back on prostitution, but is ultimately too weak and keeps returning to her old life. Put on the street by Puffmother Goldscheider, she hurries to see Gustl, who is in love with her, but who no longer has a roof over his head himself. Because as chief physician Dr. Brenner found out who his son's new queen of hearts was when he broke up with Gustav. Now the son has to do without the economic support from home. Soon the young couple can no longer pay for the hotel room they have moved into.
In her need, Milada takes from her former admirer, the free thinker Dr. Horner, help on. He pays her hotel bill, but expects certain favors and also plans to withdraw Milada Gustav. Gustl then breaks up with his fickle girlfriend. Dr. Horner explains to Milada that he regrets that he advised her to stay on Rothausgasse. The girl writes a farewell letter to Gustav and returns to the brothel in Rothausgasse. Horner follows her as a customer, and Gustav arrives soon too. When Horner wants to leave the site, he takes Milada, who trots after her fatherly friend one more time, to his home. But now Gustav is ready to fight. A little later he appears at Horner's and convinces Milada, the fickle one, to join him. Both face an uncertain future, while Dr. Horner can only say "Old fool!"
Production notes
The Rothausgasse was built under the working title Das Haus zur Roten Laterne between December 1927 and February 1928 in the Efa and Maxim film studios and in Staaken. The film was first submitted to censorship on March 2, 1928 and was banned. Above all, the protagonist's lack of willpower to escape the “milieu” and the allegedly too little deterrent depiction of brothel life, which in this production is more like a boarding school for girls, were criticized.
A second censorship notice was issued that same month. This time the ban was confirmed on the grounds that the trivializing depiction of brothel life would have a “demoralizing effect”. In addition, the exposure of moral “equivalent values” would be completely absent in the present film.
The Rothausgasse finally passed film censorship on September 12, 1928. Only a few scenes could no longer be shown in the final version. A youth ban was issued. The six-act act with a length of 2237 meters had its world premiere on September 24, 1928 in the Primus Palast in Berlin.
The film structures were created by Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller .
Web links
- The Rothaus alley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rothausgasse at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Censorship decision of March 2, 1928 on filmportal.de
- ↑ Censorship decision from 19./23. March 1928 on filmportal.de
- ↑ Censorship decision of September 12, 1928 on filmportal.de