In the vortex of life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | In the vortex of life |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | approx. 78, 71 (Dutch version) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Heinz Schall |
| script | Louis Levy |
| production | Neutral film (Berlin) |
| camera | Carl Ferdinand Fischer |
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In the vortex of life is a German silent film melodrama with Asta Nielsen , filmed in 1916 and only released in cinemas at the beginning of 1918.
action
Margit Lind, the wife of a landscape painter, has fallen in love with his friend Arvid Sund. Nevertheless, she remains a faithful, caring wife at her husband's bedside until he dies. As a widow, Margit now has to break new ground and earns a living as a lute player in a cabaret. One day she meets a young man there. His name is Knut and he is a brother of Arvid. They both quickly fall in love and become engaged. Knut travels with his bride to his father's estate, where Margit meets Arvid again. There both former love for one another awakens again. Margit has now finally decided in favor of Arvid, and both plan to flee together. Knut shows up and causes Margit to die.
Production notes
In addition to Das Eskimo Baby , Dora Brandes , The Rose of the Wilderness , The Stock Exchange Queen , The First Patient , The Orphanage Child and The Love ABC was one of eight films that Asta Nielsen shot in the summer of 1916 for Neutral-Film under the simplest conditions . Nielsen financed Im Lebenswirbel and the other films herself; the shooting took place in the Union studio she rented in Tempelhof. After the completion of Dora Brandes and Das Liebes-ABC , there were payment differences, so that Nielsen, according to his own statement, dissolved the cooperation with the film company in court and sold the negatives that had been shot but not yet completed to another film company. According to the contract, she was obliged to insure the negatives, whereby the insurance costs should be paid to Nielsen in the event of any damage. In fact, all six of the films' original negatives were destroyed in a fire in a copier shortly after the premiere. Nevertheless, at least one copy of Im Lebenswirbel found in the Netherlands apparently survived the fire. However, the rental company claimed the insurance money for itself. The ensuing legal process between the company and Asta Nielsen was not decided in Nielsen's favor until 1922, when the sum insured had already become worthless due to inflation .
Heinz Schall's first film direction was in the vortex of life, was censored in November 1917 and was premiered on January 11, 1918 in the Marmorhaus . The four-act film shot in the Literaria-Film-Atelier in Berlin-Tempelhof was 1597 meters long.
Carl Ferdinand Fischer (1889–1957) was a Danish cameraman who was brought to Berlin especially for Nielsen's 1916 productions.
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "Material, photos and scenery very good. Game excellent."
“This film was only found again in the Netherlands a few years ago. The interior design is very impressive - the upper-class interior, for example, or the lush gardens of the estate. "
Web links
- In the whirl of life at The German Early Cinema Database
- In life vertebrae in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In the vortex of life at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Asta Nielsen: The silent muse. Life memories. Henschel, Berlin 1977, p. 204.
- ↑ The ABC of Love. In: Karola Gramann, Heide Schlüpmann (ed.): Nachtfalter. Asta Nielsen, her films (= Kinothek Asta Nielsen. Vol. 2). Filmarchiv Austria Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-902531-83-4 , p. 213.
- ↑ In the vortex of life on stummfilm.at
- ↑ In the vortex of life in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
