Jettchen Gebert's story

Movie
Original title	Jettchen Gebert's story
Country of production	German Empire
original language	German
Publishing year	1918
length	67 (part 1), 68 (part 2) minutes
Rod
Director	Richard Oswald
script	Richard Oswald
production	Richard Oswald
camera	Max Fassbender
occupation
Mechthild Thein : Jettchen Gebert Conrad Veidt : Dr. Friedrich Koestling Leo Connard : Salomon Gebert Martin Kettner : Ferdinand Gebert Julius Spielmann : Jason Gebert Clementine Plessner : Rikchen Gebert, Solomon's wife Else Bäck : Hannchen Gebert, Ferdinand's wife Max Gülstorff : Uncle Eli Robert Koppel : Julius Jakoby from Bentschen Ilka Karen : Pinchen, his sister Hugo Döblin : Uncle Naphtali Fritz Richard

Jettchen Gebert's story is a two-part, German silent film from 1918 by Richard Oswald based on the novel of the same name by Georg Hermann , published in 1906 .

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Berlin at the time of the Biedermeier period . The middle-class Jewish Gebert family is one of the so-called “better circles”. Henriette Gebert spends a carefree youth in the house of her foster father Salomon. She only becomes aware of the intellectual narrowness of her parents' home when she meets the young writer Friedrich Köstling, who opens up completely new worlds of spirit for her in his romantic, dreamy way. Henriette, who all just call Jettchen, quickly feels drawn to him. But her family has different plans for her, and so Jettchen Gebert complies for the time being.

Out of a sense of duty and gratitude to her foster father, she does not oppose the planned marriage with the solid, down-to-earth and enterprising Julius Jakoby - a decision that she ultimately refrains from. She turns away from Julius and from her marriage to an unloved man and tries to rebel for the first time in her life. Jettchen Gebert wants to make his own decisions far removed from whispering. But their courageous attempt at revolt does not result in a harmonious solution to the conflict. Soon she gets caught up in the Gebert family again, bows to conventions and expectations and lets go of her own decisions to live independently. The tragedy takes its course.

Production notes

The film was shot in the summer of 1918, in the late phase of the First World War . When the censorship bill in September 1918, Jettchen Gebert's story was banned from youth. The first performance of the first part, Jettchen Gebert , took place on November 8, 1918 at UT Kurfürstendamm . The four-act act had a film length of 1,373 meters. The second, also four-act part, Henriette Jacoby , was 1,393 meters long and was shown for the first time on December 13, 1918 at UT Nollendorfplatz . This gave both parts a total playing time of around 135 minutes.

Reviews

“The choice of the performing people was the happiest imaginable. Such a harmonious interplay as it took place here and was probably also due to the family relationships among each other has seldom been found. The portrayal of the title role, Mechthildis Thein, has all the advantages of this character: feminine grace, humble nature and sympathetic beauty. Conrad Veidt as Doctor Kösling, also brilliant in mask and figure. Richards Oswald's direction is masterful, the images of impeccable plastic and sharpness. "

- New Kino-Rundschau

Paimann's film lists summed up: "Material, photos, game and scenery excellent. Game excellent. (A hit of the first rank.)"

Web links

• Jettchen Gebert's story, part 1 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jettchen Gebert's story, part 2 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jettchen Gebert's story. 1. Jettchen Gebert at filmportal.de
• Jettchen Gebert's story. 2. Henriette Jacoby at filmportal.de
• Jettchen Gebert's story. I (1918) at The German Early Cinema Database
• Jettchen Gebert's story. II (1918) at The German Early Cinema Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1st part: Jettchen Gebert, 2nd part: Henriette Jacoby
2. ↑ Neue Kino-Rundschau of November 30, 1918. P. 52
3. ↑ Jettchen Ebert's story ( memento from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in Paimann's film lists.