In the big moment

Movie
Original title	In the big moment
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1911
Rod
Director	Urban Gad
script	Urban Gad
production	German bioscop
camera	Guido Seeber
occupation
	Asta Nielsen : Annie; Hugo Flink : Heinz Nelson; Emil Albes : Johann, coachman on the estate; Max Obal : Bergmann manor owner; Eugenie Werner : miner woman;

In the big moment , alternative title In the big moment , is a German silent film from 1911.

action

Manor Bergmann and his wife employ Annie as a maid. When she becomes pregnant by a relative of her employer, she is fired. Only one friend, Johann, continues to stand by her. Annie gives birth to the child who grows up with the miners without a mother.

After a few years, Johann helps her kidnap the child; however, the act is punished with prison. When he was released, the vengeful Johann set fire to Bergmann's property. Annie dies while trying to save the child from being burned.

reception

The film premiered on September 16, 1911 in Berlin and received 32 newspaper reviews, which was viewed as a great success for the still young medium of feature film.

The film, an "explicit reminiscence of the Laterna Magica", was controversial because of the portrayal of an illegitimate mother. In Sweden it was banned, in Germany it was defended by the maternity protection association .

Web links

In the great moment in the Internet Movie Database (English)
In the big moment at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

↑ Helmut H. Diederichs: Beginnings of German film criticism . 1st edition. Wiedleroither, Uwe, 1985, ISBN 978-3-924098-03-2 , pp. 45 .
↑ Thomas Elsaesser, Michael Wedel: A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades . Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 1996, ISBN 978-90-5356-172-0 , pp. 122 ( books.google.com ).
↑ Angela Vaupel: Women in NS-Film: with special consideration of the feature film . Kovač, 2005, ISBN 978-3-8300-1752-3 , p. 87 ( books.google.com ).

[1] Helmut H. Diederichs: Beginnings of German film criticism . 1st edition. Wiedleroither, Uwe, 1985, ISBN 978-3-924098-03-2 , pp. 45 .

[2] Thomas Elsaesser, Michael Wedel: A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades . Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 1996, ISBN 978-90-5356-172-0 , pp. 122 ( books.google.com ).

[3] Angela Vaupel: Women in NS-Film: with special consideration of the feature film . Kovač, 2005, ISBN 978-3-8300-1752-3 , p. 87 ( books.google.com ).