The Rothenburg
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| Original title | The Rothenburg |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | approx. 96 (1918) or 81 (1923) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lupu pick |
| script |
Hans Brennert Lupu Pick based on the novel by Adolf Wilbrandt |
| production | Friedrich Zelnik |
| occupation | |
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Die Rothenburger is a German silent film drama from 1918 by Lupu Pick with the married couple Lya Mara and Friedrich Zelnik in the leading roles.
action
The story takes place in the tranquil, southern German town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber . Richard Neidlinger comes from a simple background. With a lot of diligence and the support of his patron, Sanitätsrat Waldmüller, he became a respected doctor. In his private life, he has never committed himself since his once best friend Fritz Hochstätter took away his great love, Lene from Rothenburg. As part of a so-called “American duel” he wanted to clarify this matter face to face with Hochstätter and in this way look for an honorable death, but the wise medical council held him back from this pubescent nonsense. At that time, Waldmüller condemned him to devote himself entirely to research and science, instead of throwing away his young life so uselessly. The change in his life was to be extensive, including a name change, and so Richard Neidlinger became “Richard Tauber”.
One day Tauber / Neidlinger received a written call for help. Fritz Hochstätter, of all people, asks him, not knowing that this is Neidlinger, to heal his body and soul sick daughter, who so far no doctor has been able to help. Tauber takes care of the girl and takes him to his sanatorium, where, with a lot of patience, he can gradually improve the young woman's state of health. She becomes curious and wants to find out more about her healer. She rummages around in the doctor's diary, which she happens to find in the library, and learns in this way that her own father once took the woman, her mother, from her savior. Tauber, who recognizes the girl as the image of the vanished Lene, begins to fall in love with the young woman. But also Tauber's assistant doctor Dr. Wengard has his eye on the pretty girl, and once again Neidlinger / Tauber believes that the love of his life could be stolen from him by a competitor.
Once again, Sanitary Councilor Waldmüller supports his former protégé with fatherly advice. When Wengard asks Tauber whether he would agree to the marriage, Tauber agrees with a heavy heart. When one day Fritz Hochstätter appears at the clinic to personally thank the doctor who saved his daughter, he was amazed to see Dr. Tauber to recognize his old childhood friend Richard Neidlinger. He has long since buried his old grudge against Hochstätter. When his daughter is called to greet her father, she does not appear. The young woman fell into an abyss while taking a walk in rugged nature and lay there unconscious. Tauber / Neidlinger immediately rushes to her and tries to save her life. When she wakes up again and is the first to recognize deaf by her sickbed, she realizes that this doctor is more than just her lifesaver and what this man must feel for her. She asks her future fiancé, Dr. Wengard to release her so that she could start a future together with Richard Neidlinger.
Production notes
The Rothenburg was created in the final phase of the First World War and was premiered in September 1918 in the Berlin Marble House . At that time, the five-stroke had a length of 1989 meters. After the new censorship on July 3, 1923, Die Rothenburger was reduced to 1,664 meters.
criticism
“The idyllic beauty of the delightful German town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber has always been the ideal of painting artists and amateurs. No wonder, if the art of film made this beauty its own and put a sentimental, warm, humane plot into the framework of the scenic scenery. The well-known novel by Adolf Wibrandt provided the grateful material, which was used with historical fidelity and reproduced by the performing artists. Friedrich Zelnik in his measured, impressive calm represents the hero of the piece in his own way and finds a full partner in Lya Mara. You can tell that she is grateful for the good philanthropist who made the beautiful castle in Rothenburg a gift to the German stage cooperative and who converted it into a rest home for the children of the stage members. The plot plays into this donation ... "
Web links
- The Rothenburg at The German Early Cinema Database
- The Rothenburger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Rothenburg at filmportal.de