Countess Mariza (1925)
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| Original title | Countess Mariza |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1925 |
| length | about 85 (2,318 meters) minutes |
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| Director | Hans Steinhoff |
| script | Max Glass |
| production | Terra film |
| music | Emmerich Kálmán |
| camera | Nicolas Farkas |
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Countess Mariza is a German silent film from 1925 directed by Hans Steinhoff . The main roles are occupied by Vivian Gibson , Harry Liedtke , Colette Brettel and Fritz Spira .
The musical template for the film is Emmerich Kálmán 's operetta of the same name . It is the first of four adaptations of this operetta to date.
action
The action takes place in the 1930s on a castle estate in the Puszta : Count Tassilo is employed under a false name as an administrator on the estate of Countess Mariza. The family is impoverished by his father's speculative deals. The young count wants to make sure that his sister Lisa does not end up without a dowry. When the countess unexpectedly arrives at her estate one day to celebrate her engagement to a Baron Koloman Zsupán, that's just an excuse, because she just made up this man. Mariza needs distance and calm and this above all from her numerous admirers, hence her white lie. However, when a man named Koloman Zsupán actually shows up and insists that Mariza must keep her promise to marry, the young woman no longer wants to know anything about it. She fell in love with Tassilo. The problem with Zsupán is also solved by the fact that he takes a liking to Tassilo's sister Lisa.
Due to unfortunate circumstances, however, Mariza then has to believe that Tassilo is after her fortune. Out of hurt pride and deep disappointment, she turns away from the count without giving him a chance to explain himself. It takes time until everything is cleared up and Mariza and Tassilo become a couple after all.
Production notes
The film was produced by Terra Film AG (Berlin). Julius von Borsody was responsible for building the film .
After the film had been tested on October 27, 1925, it premiered on November 20, 1925 in Berlin. It was shown in the Netherlands on December 21, 1928. It was also shown in cinemas in Brazil, Denmark and Greece.
further films
Kálmán's operetta has been filmed four times so far. The first film adaptation described here took place a year after the premiere at the Theater an der Wien under the direction of Hans Steinhoff. Another film adaptation followed in 1932, directed by Richard Oswald . Countess Mariza was played by Dorothea Wieck , the estate manager, who called himself Török in this version, by Hubert Marischka . Rudolf Schündler filmed the operetta in 1958 with Christine Görner and Rudolf Schock in the leading roles. The last film adaptation was made in 1974 by Eugen York with René Kollo , Dagmar Koller and Erzsébet Házy for television.
criticism
In the Austrian film archive of Paimann it was conceded that the author of the manuscript, although he was bound to the play, "skillfully transferred its conflicts into the cinematic and avoided situations that ran counter to the direction of photography". The film is "funny and sentimental at the same time, staged by Steinhoff continuously and with taste". Harry Liedtke is a "lovable and compelling Török". The roles of Colette Brettel (as Lisa), Ernst Verebes (ex-groom), Wilhelm Diegelmann (valet) and Robert Garrison as Populescu were said to have been played “true to all traditions”. Vivian Gibson's performance as the eccentric Mariza is "very good", but the fact that she was unable to "make the change in the nature of her heroine credible" is limited. Regarding the presentation and photography, it is stated that “clean, careful work” has been delivered, so that “the overall impression is that of a well-rounded, sympathetic film work”.
The review also contained a note for cinema owners: "The music composition deserves the greatest attention, since with the great popularity of the operetta of the same name, the musical performance of the main melodies, if they are placed in the wrong place, has a disillusioning effect on the audience."
Web links
- Countess Maritza in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Countess Mariza at filmportal.de
- Countess Mariza at kinotv.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Countess Mariza ( Memento of the original from March 11, 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
