The Guilt (1919)

Movie
Original title	The blame
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1919
length	74 minutes
Rod
Director	Rudolf Biebrach
script	Manja Kralova
production	Oskar Messter
music	Giuseppe Becce
camera	Willibald Gaebel
occupation
Henny Porten : Maria Helga Nansen Georg H. Schnell : Count Jürgen, her husband Hugo Falke : Eugen Gedon, sculptor Olga Engl : Countess Halström, Jürgen's mother Senta Eichstaedt : Lydia Güllmeister Grete Reinwald : Eva Nansen, Maria's sister Hilde Müller : Inge Hallström Erna Manegg : Countess Lerch Sadjah Gezza : Countess Margot Lerch, her daughter Hans Brockmann : Student

The Guilt is a German silent film melodrama from 1919 with Henny Porten in the lead role.

action

The art student Maria Helga Nansen fell in love with her teacher and sculptor Eugen Gedon. He asks her to model a statue that is supposed to symbolize “guilt”. But when she finds out that Gedon is married, she leaves him and breaks off her studies. Instead, she becomes little Inge's tutor for the old Countess Halström. Years later she married their son Jürgen.

In the meantime Gedon has finished and exhibited his sculpture. Jürgen immediately realizes that his wife must have posed for the sculptor and is shocked. He angrily confronts his wife. Believing that the statue not only symbolizes guilt in general, but also her very own, personal one, the young woman commits suicide.

Production notes

The guilt was filmed immediately after Ihr Sport and was censored in May 1919. The premiere took place on June 6, 1919 in the Berlin Mozart Hall. The film had 77 subtitles and had four acts, spread over a length of 1516 or (after cuts) 1449 meters. A youth ban was issued.

The buildings are by Kurt Dürnhöfer and Jack Winter.

criticism

In Paimann's film lists you can read: “Material and game excellent, photos and scenery very good. (A hit). "

Web links

• The guilt at filmportal.de
• The debt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The fault with The German Early Cinema Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The guilt in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 25, 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.