Esimese öö õigus

Movie
Original title	Esimese öö õigus
Country of production	Estonia
original language	Estonian
Publishing year	1925
Rod
Director	Baldwin Kusbock
script	Baldwin Kusbock
production	Taara movie
camera	J. Silis
occupation
Mary Melsas-Lukk : Helja Vainola, farmer's daughter and student René Leer : John Smith, English officer Heino Vaks : old professor Hartius Möller : Uno von Sternhell, Ritter Niina Kusbock : Stella von Sternhell, his wife Adalbert Kirschenberg : Mangu, page of the knight Carl Treumundt : Father Albert, chaplain of the castle Ludmilla Puhmas-Karma : Linda, daughter of a serf Johannes Jea : Head of the estate

Esimese öö õigus (in German The Right of the First Night ) is the title of an Estonian silent film by Balduin Kusbock from 1925 .

content

The plot for Esimese öö õigus is based - like the film Mineviku varjud made in the previous year - on the story of the Estonians who were oppressed by medieval feudalism . The national romantic theme of the centuries-long struggle for the independence of the Estonian people is the focus of the feature film. Important topics of the film are the social and legal inequality and the violence by the ruling classes.

The young Estonian Helja, a medical student, met her fiancé John during the War of Independence. An old professor familiarizes both of them with the folk traditions of Estonia and with some bitterness that not only he himself had to experience in the past. He also tells them the story of the Estonian farmer Mangu, who loved the serf Linda. According to her master's will, Linda should be kidnapped during the wedding ceremony and taken to his castle, according to the brutal medieval practice that the first night with the bride belongs to her master. Mangu did not want to accept this and led a desperate fight together with other farmers in honor of his virgin bride.

Helja and John are glad that such practices are a thing of the past and that they will emigrate to England.

Production, publication

The historical drama is subtitled A Dramatic Fragment from the Estonian Past in nine parts .

The film premiered on October 27, 1925. He is considered lost.

Curiosities

Bridge Kivisild 1880

Esimese öö õigus recorded what is probably the first stunt in Estonian film history. For the film, the actor and writer Adalbert Kirschenberg jumped from the famous stone bridge Kivisild in the center of the southern Estonian city of Tartu into the river Emajõgi (German Embach ).

Web links

• Esimese õigus öö in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Esimese öö õigus (Jus primae noctis) (1925) sS efis.ee (Estonian)
2. ^ Estonian Film: From Bear Hunt to Autumn Ball. Notes on Estonian Film History sS kinokultura.com (Estonian).
3. ↑ Esimese öö õigus sS e-varamu.ee (Estonian)
4. ↑ Esimese öö õigus sS rateyourmusic.com (English)