Job (1919)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Job |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Matull |
| script | B. Urbach |
| production | Ideal film, Berlin |
| camera | Karl Hasselmann |
| occupation | |
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Job is a German silent film drama made in 1918 and published in 1919 with Eduard von Winterstein in the title role.
action
The wealthy factory owner Job operates privately as a benevolent philanthropist . Once a month he and his daughter Esther invite the city's poor to a feast and help them wherever they can. After one of his given feasts, Job falls asleep reading and begins to dream. In this dream Satan, the prince of hell, rules over the world and brings strikes and wars, fires and diseases with him. Job becomes impoverished, and Satan even blinds his daughter. As a result of these catastrophes, having become a beggar in a dream, Job and Esther live in a rock cave. Yet Job is not deterred in his faith in God. Confused and shocked, Job awakens and remains true to himself in his efforts to love his neighbor as himself.
Production notes
Job , inspired by the stories of the Old Testament figure of the same name, was created in Pichelswerder and in the Bioscop studio in Neubabelsberg until August 1918 and was premiered in Berlin's Kant-Lichtspiele in September 1919, during the censorship-free period. In Austria the film ran almost at the same time, on September 5, 1919. The length of the six-acter was around 2000 meters.
Gustav A. Knauer created the buildings . The great battles between Gauls and Romans were filmed on Pichelswerder.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: “The material, photos and games were very good. Excellent scenery. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Job ( Memento of the original from March 13, 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
Web links
- Job at The German Early Cinema Database
- Job at filmportal.de
- Job in the Internet Movie Database (English)