Gemstones (film)

Movie
Original title	Gemstones
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1918
length	69 (1918) minutes
Rod
Director	Rudolf Biebrach
script	Robert Wiene
production	Oskar Messter
music	Giuseppe Becce
camera	Karl friend
occupation
	Henny Porten : Maddalena Dergan; Paul Bildt : old Dergan, your uncle; Paul Hartmann : Count Forrest; Hanna Brohm : his wife; Theodor Loos : Pieter Swandam;

Gemstones is a German silent film drama from 1918. Henny Porten played the leading role .

action

Maddalena Dergan, niece of the old antiquarian and moneylender Dergan, is engaged to Pieter Swandam. One day she meets the handsome Count Forrest and falls in love with him. Count Forrest is in need of money and therefore has to borrow a diadem, an old family heirloom, from old Dergan. When old Dergan dies, Maddalena is drawn to the Count and lets his wife hire her as a companion in order to be close to their love. She too soon dies, and so the way is clear for Maddalena to become the next Countess Forrest. Her addiction to possessions and wealth in the form of precious stones will soon doom her. Barely married, Maddalena commits suicide in a fit of deep despair.

Production notes

Edelsteine was made in the winter of 1917/18 in the Messter-Film Atelier in Berlin's Blücherstraße 32. The four-act film was 1425 (original 1918) or 1250 (new censorship 1921) meters long, depending on the version, and was submitted to the German censorship in February 1918. The first performance in Berlin took place on February 15, 1918 in the Berlin Mozart Hall.

Ludwig Kainer created the film structures .

criticism

In Paimann's film lists you can read: “Substance mysterious. Game excellent. Photos and scenery very good. "

Individual evidence

↑ Gemstones ( Memento of the original from March 16, 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. in Paimann's film lists @1@ 2

Web links

[1] Gemstones ( Memento of the original from March 16, 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. in Paimann's film lists @1@ 2