The daughter of the highway
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The daughter of the highway |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1915 |
| length | 58 (1915) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Urban Gad |
| script | Urban Gad |
| production | Paul Davidson |
| camera |
Karl friend Axel Graatkjær |
| occupation | |
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The Daughter of Landstrasse is a German silent film made in 1914 with Asta Nielsen in the lead role.
action
The gypsy Zirzi belongs to the “traveling people” and has to put up with a lot of abuse on the way. When a situation appears to be threatening, it is an old peasant couple who take protection from them. As a thank you, Zirzi helps them with a personal matter that requires their detective skills. The farmer's son and the farmer's wife are in jail and accused of murder. With her nose, Zirzi soon gets on the trail of the real culprit: he is a Japanese scholar.
Now there is a big catch for Zirzi, because Zirzi has fallen in love with the "exotic" she has convicted, who, like her, is an outsider in this country. Torn between deep affection on the one hand and gratitude towards the farmers on the other hand, she decides against love and in favor of justice. Since Zirzi doesn't want to see her Japanese end up on the gallows either, she gives him the opportunity to judge himself. Then Zirzi returns to her people and remains what she always was: a daughter of the Landstrasse.
Production notes
The Landstrasse daughter was created in the Union studio in Berlin-Tempelhof and was completely filmed in 1914, before the outbreak of the First World War. The hostilities prevented the premiere of this comedy for a long time, which was only approved by the censors on September 20, 1915. The premiere took place on October 8, 1915. The three-act was only 1072 meters long.
Bruno Kastner , who had been involved in Asta Nielsen's huge success Engelein immediately before , played his first major role here.
Reviews
“In the difficult role assigned to her, Asta Nielsen shows her proven artistry and knows how to make the exciting plot even more captivating through her peculiar play. (...) Technically extremely well done, this film is also characterized by the casting of the other roles. "