Dora Brandes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dora Brandes |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | German Empire: approx. 85 minutes Austria: approx. 68 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Magnus founder |
| script |
Louis Levy Martin Jørgensen |
| production | Neutral-Film GmbH on behalf of Saturn-Film, Berlin |
| camera | Carl Ferdinand Fischer |
| occupation | |
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Dora Brandes is a German silent film drama from 1916 by Magnus Stifter with Asta Nielsen in the title role.
action
Dora Brandes is a celebrated actress. Since the journalist Gustave Calvi, a man with political ambitions, became her lover, she has stepped back more and more in her life as an artist and dedicated herself completely to the commitment to his career. Dora receives the cash injection urgently needed for Calvis' political career from a former lover. With Dora's help, Calvi actually manages one day to become a member of parliament. Now that he has reached the preliminary goal of his dreams, Calvi, after learning of his former lover, lets go of her and leaves Dora Brandes alone.
Shocked by the betrayal of loyalty and love, Dora begins to drink and experiences a continuous social decline. After a few years, Calvi sees the possibility of even becoming a minister. But his enemies have long been planning his overthrow. Then Dora Brandes returns to Calvi's life and provides him with the documents he needs to secure his ascent. Since Dora is no longer an adequate or acceptable partner for Calvi due to her "past" - her alcoholism and the associated social decline - Dora decides to commit suicide and goes into the water.
Production notes
The four-act film with a length of 1739 meters, approx. 85 minutes, shot in the early summer of 1916 in the Literaria-Film-Atelier in Berlin-Tempelhof , passed the film censorship in July 1916 and was first viewed by the press on August 16, 1916 in Berlin's marble house presented. Dora Brandes first appeared in Austria-Hungary on November 24, 1916. There the film was around 1400 meters long, which corresponds to a playing time of around 68 minutes. On December 9, 1916, this production finally celebrated its premiere in Nielsen's home country Denmark.
Carl Ferdinand Fischer was a Danish cameraman who was brought to Berlin in mid-1916 especially for this film and two other Asta Nielsen productions, Das Liebes-ABC and Im Lebenswirbel . "Dora Brandes" had 46 subtitles.
Reviews
In film.at it says: “All facets of the game of passion that Nielsen developed in the early 1910s are gathered here again - one could almost say for the last time. Both the form of social drama and the freedom of the actress are lost with Weimar Autorenkino. In this film, Nielsen begins her story as a glamorous diva, who puts life and love above art, and for that very reason ends as a poor, disappointed, but still self-confident woman. "
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "Very dramatic material. Photos and game great".
Web links
- Dora Brandes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dora Brandes at filmportal.de
- Dora Brandes at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b film length calculator , frame rate : 18
- ↑ Dora Brandes on film.at
- ↑ Dora Brandes ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Paimann's film lists
