The devil worshipers

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Movie
Original title The devil worshipers
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1921
length 76 minutes
Rod
Director Ertugrul Moussin-Bey
script Marie Luise Droop
production Marie Luise Droop
camera Josef Rona, Gustave Preiss
occupation

Die Teufelsanbeter (Subtitle: A film from the Orient in 6 acts ) is a German silent film that was made in 1920 under the direction of Ertugrul Moussin-Bey . It is based on the eponymous chapter With the Devil Worshipers from Karl May's novels Through the Desert and Through Wild Kurdistan . Carl de Vogt can be seen as Kara Ben Nemsi in the lead role .

action

“In the wild, barely explored mountains of the Kurdish country, lives the mysterious Jesidi association , whom their opponents call the devil worshipers. In these mountains, shaded by dark fir trees, there is vengeance and hatred and constant struggle between the countless races and sects. Strange festivals unite the fervor of thousands, crowned by the dramatic sacrificial death of one of their holy men. And yet in these pictures, filled with tremendous passions, there is no lack of warm humor and a cheerful, strong forgiveness that leads everything to a liberating end. "(From the rental text)

Remarks

The devil worshiper was shot by Ustad-Film as the first film in a small series, but was only released as the third film. During the shooting, the film was titled Among the Devil Worshipers . The black-and-white film was tinted in various scenes ( Viragierung ), that is, provided with a colored mask, e.g. B. blue for night shots. The film had a length of 1,648 m (6 acts), which, depending on the playback speed, corresponded to a length of between 60 and 90 minutes. The playback speed could vary between 16 and 24 frames per second.

The film was a commercial failure. He is considered lost . Employees of the Karl May Archives followed his trail to the Moscow Archives, but no copies have been found to date. It includes an early film appearance by the later Dracula star Bela Lugosi .

The film was presumably premiered on January 2, 1921 in Father's light plays in Würzburg . The first documented performance took place on January 14, 1921 in Wilhelmsburg.

The film's director later became one of the most important figures in early Turkish cinema .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The devil worshipers at karl-may-filme.de
  2. ↑ Cast list in Der Filmbote from February 19, 1920, printed in Mitteilungen der Karl-May-Gesellschaft No. 183 , p. 59
Works by Karl May


Early work (1875–1883)

The Book of Love  • Geographical sermons (in “ Schacht und Hütte ”) • The two Quitzow's last voyages  • Caught on the sea  • Scepter and hammer  • In the far west  • The Ranger  • The Jewel Island
Groups of shorter texts: adventure stories (including Old Firehand  • The Oil Prince ) • Erzgebirge village stories  • Stories about the old Dessauer  • Historical stories  • Humoresques

Colportage novels (1882–1888)

The forest rose  • The Uhlan's love  • The lost son  • German hearts - German heroes  • The way to happiness

Travel stories (1892–1899)

Through the desert and harem ( through the desert ) • Through wild Kurdistan  • From Baghdad to Stambul  • In the gorges of the Balkans  • Through the land of the Skipetaren  • The Schut  • Winnetou I – III  • Oranges and dates  • On the Pacific Ocean  • On the Rio de la Plata  • In the Cordillera  • Old Surehand I  • Old Surehand II  • In the land of the Mahdi I – III  • Old Surehand III  • Satan and Ischariot I – III  • On strange paths  • “Christmas!”  • In the realm of the silver lion I- II  • On the afterlife
special case: The rose of Kaïrwan

Youth narratives (1887–1897)

The son of the bear hunter  • The spirit of the Llano estakado  • Kong-Kheou, the word of honor ( The blue-red Methuselah ) • The slave caravan  • The treasure in the Silver Lake  • The legacy of the Inca  • The oil prince  • The black mustang
Groups of shorter texts: illustration texts  • Texts below the pseudonym Hobble-Frank

Late work (1900–1910)

Heavenly thoughts  • In the realm of the silver lion III  • Erzgebirge village stories  • In the realm of the silver lion IV  • And peace on earth!  • Babel and the Bible  • Ardistan and Jinnistan I – II  • Winnetou IV  • My life and striving

Other works (1896–1912)

The joys and sorrows of a widely read person  • Serious sounds (contains, among others, Ave Maria ) • Three questions of humanity  • Sitara, the land of the human  soul • Up into the realm of noble men

Film adaptations of the works and life of Karl May


cinemamovies

On the ruins of paradise  (1920) • The death caravan  (1920) • The devil worshipers  (1920) • Through the desert  (1936) • The slave caravan  (1958) • The lion of Babylon  (1959) • The treasure in the Silver Lake  (1962) • Winnetou Part 1  (1963) • Old Shatterhand  (1964) • The Schut  (1964) • Winnetou Part 2  (1964) • Among Vultures  (1964) • The Aztec Treasure  (1965) • The Pyramid of the Sun God  (1965) • The Oil Prince  (1965) • Through wild Kurdistan  (1965) • Winnetou 3rd part  (1965) • Old Surehand 1st part  (1965) • In the realm of the silver lion  (1965) • The legacy of the Inca  (1966) • Winnetou and the Half-blood Apanatschi  (1966) • Winnetou and his friend Old Firehand  (1966) • Winnetou and Shatterhand in the valley of the dead  (1968) • The trail leads to the Silver Lake  (1990) • WinneToons - The legend of the treasure in the Silver Lake  (2009)

Television series and films

With Karl May in the Orient  (1963) • Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi  (1973/75) • My friend Winnetou  (1980) • The bush ghost  (1986) • Hello - here Karl May / Bärenstark  (1987) • Prairie hunters in Mexico  (1988) • Winnetou  (1996) • Winnetou's Return  (1998) • WinneToons  (2002) • Winnetou - The Myth Lives  (2016)

Adaptations of the biography

Acquittal for Old Shatterhand  (1965) • Karl May  (movie, 1974) • Karl May  (TV series, 1992)