The sin of a beautiful woman

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Movie
German title The sin of a beautiful woman
Original title Hříchy lásky
Country of production Czechoslovakia
original language Czech
Publishing year 1929
length 70 minutes
Rod
Director Karel Lamač
script Václav Wasserman
production Bratři Deglové
Hom AG
camera Otto Heller
occupation

The Sin of a Beautiful Woman (original title: Hříchy lásky ) is a Czechoslovakian-German silent film by Karel Lamač from 1929 with international cast. The film drama takes place in the Prague theater scene.

action

The actor Ivan Kristen and his wife Soňa leave the theater in the Bohemian province to take an engagement in Prague . Soňa Kristenová owes her artistic career to her husband, but due to a decision by the theater director Eduard Warren, Ivan Kristen, unlike his wife, initially remains without a role. Soňa Kristenová becomes a star, to whom advances are made by her fellow actor Richard Kent. Kristens sees himself and his acting talent overlooked and urges him and his wife to leave the theater. Kent, interested in Soňa's remaining at the theater, puts in a good word for Kristen, whereupon Kristen finally gets a role.

In order to prepare for the play in the best possible way, Kristen studies different types of people in the pub. The actor meets a pickpocket named Ferda Štika. Kristen offers to steal the letter Soňa wrote to Kent. Štika manages to gain access to Kent's apartment, while Kristen observes what is going on from the hotel across the street. An exchange of fire ensues, whereupon Kristen is suspected and goes into hiding. Štika drowns while trying to escape in the Vltava . As a result, Kristen becomes addicted to alcohol. One day Kristen visits Kent in his apartment. He learns that Soňa had said goodbye to Kent in a letter because she could not leave her husband. At this moment Soňa unexpectedly comes into the apartment, Kristen hides behind a curtain on the balcony, from where he falls into the street and has a fatal accident. Soňa and Kent leave the apartment, their car making its way between the onlookers who have gathered around Kristen's body.

background

The film had its German premiere on October 11, 1929 in Hamburg . The film was released in Czechoslovakia on October 25, 1929. The film opened in Austria on March 7, 1930 under the title The Last Mask . After its restoration, the film was shown again on July 3, 2017 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . The film was re-released in Germany on August 19, 2017 as part of the International Silent Film Festival in Bonn , but here under the title Sins of Love .

criticism

Martin Beheim-Schwarzbach writes in the Film-Journal of October 13, 1929: “There are films that are made completely in silence, one day they will be there, and lo and behold, they have the calm, self-evident nature of the excellent. These SINS OF LOVE belong to these, for which we only want to think away the ugly, conventional and not even suitable title, as the only dissonance. Everything else is first class. "

The Austrian film newspaper of September 7, 1929 writes: "The [...] shown film" The Last Mask "is one of those works which, through the interaction of direction and representation in connection with a first-class, interesting subject, exert that infallible effect, which captures the visitor and lets him take an active part in what is happening in front of him. "

Paimann's film lists were more critical : “The subject of 'Welker Laurel' with a criminal element, despite a certain breadth, worked continuously, carefully staged and consistently presented very well. The presentation is not big, but just like the photography it is appropriate. - Overall qualification: good medium film. "

Web links

literature

  • Táňa Bretyšová. Česky hraný film: 1898–1930 . Národní filmový archive, 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hříchy lásky kviff.com, accessed on August 25, 2017, in Czech. The Friends of Film Culture Bonn gives a length of 73 minutes on its website, see Sins of Love (Hrichy Lasky)
  2. ↑ Bratři Deglové, German brothers Degl was a joint company of Karel Degl and Emanuel Degl; see Bratři Deglové sro, Národní filmový archiv, Prague, online at: nfa.cz
  3. ↑ a b c Sins of Love (Hrichy Lasky) foerderverein-filmkultur.de, accessed on August 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ The sin of a beautiful woman filmportal.de, accessed on August 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ Neues Wiener Tagblatt of February 21, 1930, page 9. ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online, accessed on August 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ Österreichische Film-Zeitung 37/1929 of September 7, 1929 ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online, accessed on August 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ Paimann's Filmlisten, Wochenschrift für Lichtbildkritik number 700 from September 6, 1929. ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2017 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. filmarchiv.at, accessed on August 25, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / old.filmarchiv.at