The waves are silent
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The waves are silent |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1915 |
| length | 58 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolf Biebrach |
| production | Oskar Messter |
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The waves are silent , announced with the subtitle “A mimic drama”, is a German silent film drama from 1915 with Henny Porten in the leading role.
action
Stella von Eschen fell madly in love with the foreign lieutenant Spiridion Theoboulos. Her father, a now retired admiral, is not very enthusiastic about it, as he had planned the smart, good-looking lieutenant captain von Düsing for his daughter. One day Spiridion will be called back to his land. He leaves the grieving Stella a suicide note in which he declares that he is not at all worthy of her affection. Stella then falls into a deep depression and becomes ill. During this time, Düsing takes care of her, so that after her recovery, Stella assures him that she wants to become his wife. They both get married, and the marriage turns out to be a happy one.
Then one day Stella reads that Spiridion is to be transferred to Germany as his country's military attaché. Stella suspects disaster, she had written a plethora of letters to her lover back then with languishing content: vows of love that she could compromise today. In a letter she asked Spiridion to return her letters. It takes a long time for him to answer, then he suggests meeting him in a lonely train station because he does not want to send the letters by post. She agrees, especially since her husband has a night exercise today. In fact, she receives her love mail. Stella takes a load off her heart.
When she returns home, her husband's Indian boy Djelma is already waiting and informs her that her husband has already returned. Djelma adds that he hadn't told Stella's husband about their nightly excursion and instead told the lieutenant captain that Madame was ill today and has therefore withdrawn. Grateful for this little white lie, she shakes the hand of the Indian servant. But the Indian's lie came about for far less altruistic reasons than Stella believes. The exotic, who consumes himself in ardent love for his mistress, demands from her consideration of an erotic nature. He pleads and threatens, but Stella always keeps him at a distance until one day he takes advantage of the hour and seizes it when he thinks he is undisturbed.
Suddenly the old servant Franz, who had overheard the whole scene, steps in and saves Stella from the intruders of the Indian. When her husband returns home, Stella tells him about Djelma's attack. In the meantime Franz has asked Djelma to come with him on a motorboat to pick up the lieutenant captain from his night exercise. On the high seas, Franz confronts the cheeky fellow with the mistress of the house because of his assault, and fights quickly ensue. Djelma falls overboard and drowns because Franz no longer helps him into the boat. Back at Haue Düsing, Franz informs his master that Djelma is now resting on the seabed and that the couple no longer have anything to fear. Because: the waves are silent.
Production notes
The waves are silent was created in the Messter film studio in Berlin's Blücherstraße 32, passed film censorship in October 1915 and was premiered on November 5, 1915 in the Union Theater. The three-act film was 1,199 meters long.
criticism
“A logically structured, psychologically interesting plot taken from the rough life of the hardy fur seals of the north with a wonderful staging and a very first-class cast ... qualifies this picture as a prominent product of the most modern film industry. That Henny Porten, as always, is fully up to the task requires special mention; in this film she is again a master of cinematography. But the wonderful way she plays the role of the loving woman is particularly pleasant. The other roles are also well represented. In this regard, Diegelmann deserves a special mention, who as a loyal servant of his master puts a magnificent figure on the stage. (...) The performance of the role of the Indian servant also deserves attention. "