Haunted women

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Movie
Original title Haunted women
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1927
length approx. 98 minutes
Rod
Director Richard Oswald
script Herbert Juttke
Georg C. Klaren based
on the novel Brettlfliegen by Annie von Brabenetz
production Richard Oswald
music Felix Bartsch
camera Edgar Ziesemer
occupation

Haunted Women is a German silent film drama from 1927 with Asta Nielsen in the lead role.

action

The aging singer Clarina gets a new engagement from a cabaret called the Maison Mouche. Clarina has a daughter of legal age named Angelika, who will also perform there. The head waiter of the establishment picks up Clarina from the train and guides her to her accommodation with a shoemaker named Kruk. This is an alcoholic and has his eye on Angelika. As soon as he came home after the first appearance, the shoemaker assaults and breaks into Angelika's room to rape her. Angelika fights back violently. Clarina, also harassed by the guy, intervenes to fend off the attacker from her daughter and herself. Finally Clarina picks up a knife and stabs the perpetrator. Kruk dies. Clarina and Angelika return to the cabaret in shock. Here the operator Wladimir demands that Clarina perform a song. She bundles all her strength again, but then collapses on stage in the middle of the lecture. Angelika, waiting in the cloakroom, worried by her mother's long absence, hurries into the hall to check on her.

Here, too, the young woman is not safe from stalking. Wladimir, like Kruk a greasy, fat man, is no less unscrupulous and wants Angelika to do the laundry immediately. When trying to evade his intrusiveness, she escapes straight into the arms of a young, handsome man who turns out to be a veritable prince: Alexander Radnay. And he's a gentleman too, because he helps Angelika get her unconscious mother into a safe room. The doctor called Dr. Baran makes no effort to help the collapsed, but focuses his interest on the delicious buffet and champagne that he discovers on site. The prince then takes matters into his own hands and grants the two women shelter and protection in his luxurious estate. The princess mother Natalie, however, is vehemently against the arrival of the newcomers, although she herself lives in dubious circumstances with men - in addition to the valet, above all Count Korvin - none of whom is her husband. First of all, your son can assert himself with his request and his willingness to help.

The Count's lover, entirely a servant of his mistress, now takes steps to spoil the time in the palace for the two newcomers: the next day, the other members of the cabaret receive an invitation to the palace. Clarina hears the music and singing being played and leaves her room to see where the sounds are coming from. She sees the goings-on and recognizes her colleagues. When the princess saw her, she threw banknotes in Clarina's face with contempt and asked her to sing a song. The battered woman has had enough now, she no longer wants to be humiliated and secretly leaves the house. She leaves her daughter, whom she knows will be in good hands with Prince Alexander. The affront staged by his mother leads to a sharp backlash on the part of the son, who now messes with the shabby count. There is a duel with Korvin, in which Prince Alexander is badly wounded. Shortly before his death, he marries Angelika. When Clarina learns of the terrible incident, she returns to the Radnays domicile one last time, but only to take her daughter away from there and go away forever.

Production notes

Haunted women , also known as living goods , was created in the Efa studio at the zoo in Berlin and was banned by the first censorship on July 28, 1927, which was reduced to a youth ban after the second censorship on August 2, 1927. Above all, the rape scene, which was played out extensively, as well as other rawness in image and deed were criticized. After several cuts were made, the film premiered on August 19, 1927 in the Primus-Palast in Berlin. The film had seven acts and was 2,447 meters long.

The film structures were designed by Gustav A. Knauer .

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