Johann Baptiste Lingg
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| Original title | Johann Baptiste Lingg |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | 105 minutes |
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| Director | Arthur Teuber |
| script |
Fred Schlick-Manz Arthur Teuber |
| production | Lullus film, Berlin |
| camera |
Willy Großstück Willy Goldberger Max Terno |
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Johann Baptiste Lingg is a German historical silent film from 1920. Carl Auen plays the title role under the direction of Arthur Teuber .
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Germany, towards the end of the 18th century. The equally young and stormy ensign Johann Baptiste Lingg bids farewell to his parents and visits the young, blond maid Marie Braun in Hersfeld , whom he would like to marry. Marie is fond of him, but her father has something against the connection and doesn't like it at all when this young man fools around his only daughter. Rather, he plans to marry Marie to the unsightly and much older Wolleck. The hard-hearted and devious type has the serious position of an estate manager with whom one can also support a family. Lingg now has to say goodbye to Marie, who gives him a talisman for protection, because he joins the 5th Baden Regiment. While Wolleck hopes to finally have free rein with Marie, who, however, is disgusted by him, Lingg's father is appalled that Johann Baptiste joins the French with the Badeners and breaks up with his son. The lovers meet again at the urban ruin, where they swear eternal loyalty and Johann Baptiste promises his Marie to marry her when he returns. In the meantime he would be busy writing to her. The shrewd Wolleck hears all this, who has secretly sneaked after Marie on their rendezvous, and resolves to withhold and destroy letters Lingg had sent to Marie.
Johann Baptiste Lingg is making a military career and is soon promoted to officer. Josef Wolleck, his rival for Marie's favor, to whom Marie's father also promised his daughter's hand, now intercepts every letter Johann Baptiste addressed to Marie and threw them all into the fire. In the last letter, Lingg announced that he no longer wanted to write to his loved one, as she would never answer. Marie, who has never received a message from her lover, is heartbroken. She carries one of his children under her heart. But since Marie believes that Johann Baptiste has forgotten her, she throws herself into the floods of the Mühlbach with suicidal intent, from which she is fished a little later by Hersfeldern. After her recovery she finally gives in to wooing the scheming Wolleck, and an engagement party is held at her parents' home. Wolleck insists on it and informs Lingg, who has risen to lieutenant, in writing that he and Marie have married. Johann Baptiste is then deeply desperate and believes that Marie betrayed both love.
Twenty years have passed since then. Terrible times have dawned for Lingg's Hessian homeland. The French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte continued their conquest, and the Corsican has ordered Kurhessen to occupy and disarm their troops. Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse , is to abdicate at the request of the French usurper, French soldiers are forcibly quartered with German families, including Lieutenant Joui with the cloth maker Pforr. The Frenchman cannot keep his hands off his foster daughter Hedwig. Elsewhere, too, the Welschen attacks against German women, so that there is soon bad blood and a revolt against the French occupiers is emerging among the locals. When Hedwig tells her lover Karl Schröder about her suffering with Joui, Joui is furious and takes up a gun and wants to solve the matter in his own way. His mother and Hedwig find it hard to keep the young hothead from committing an insane act. Although Karl and Hedwig are together, Joui does not want to let go of his pens. In an unnoticed moment he attacks her and wants to rape Hedwig, but Karl returns home at the right moment and chases away the French villain. Soon the whole town was in an uproar, which grew into an uprising against the Napoleonic occupiers. The freedom-loving Hersfelder and French Soldateska engage in a wild exchange of fire in which many of those involved are killed.
Joui escapes to his commandant, General Barbot, and tells the reason for the uprising in Hersfeld in a very idiosyncratic manner; above all, he withholds his own inglorious authorship of the riot. Indignantly, Barbot gives Lieutenant Colonel Lingg the order to reinforce the crew there with his men and to await subsequent orders. Meanwhile, Napoleon is furious when he learns of the insubordination of the Hersfelds and gives the following order: "The city should be plundered and set on fire in all four corners and in the middle!" Lingg should carry out this imperial order. Karl Schröder meanwhile has to expect his arrest. Now the first French terrorist measures begin: First of all, the citizen Schüßler is shot. Hedwig wants to ask Lingg for mercy for the city and her fiancé and goes to the new commander. He doesn't believe he can believe his eyes because Hedwig looks like a twin of Marie's. And she actually introduces herself as Hedwig Wolleck, Marie's daughter. Johann Baptiste Lingg is completely shaken. Hedwig tells him that her mother died giving birth and that her father became a drunkard as a result. After his death, the cloth maker Pforr took care of her.
Hedwig sinks to her knees and pleads with Lingg to spare Hersfeld and not to burn down, contrary to Napoleon's orders. Lingg promises to do his best and first of all destroys General Barbot's arrest warrant on Pforr. Then he informs the city leaders of the looting order and advises them to remove everything significant from Hersfeld beforehand. In order to still comply with the imperial order, he chooses four houses at the corners of the city that are suitable for lighting. Shortly before leaving town, Lingg handed Hedwig a letter that she was asked to open only after he left. According to orders, he made Hersfeld ready for his soldiers to plunder, but at the same time said that he would not command a horde of robbers in the future. Thereupon the French soldiers hold back. When the first fires started, the soldiers quickly moved away on Lingg's orders, so that the Hersfelder rushed to the waiting fire trucks in order to be able to put out the fires immediately. Hersfeld thanks the German lieutenant colonel in French service profusely, while Napoleon, who has heard that his order has been disregarded, summons Lingg to try him. When his Majesty learns of Lingg's noble, patriotic motives from his mouth, Napoleon understands Lingg's behavior and lets him go. Then Lingg submits his farewell, returns to Hersfeld and gives his blessing on Hedwig's wedding to Karl on the town hall steps.
Production notes
Johann Baptiste Lingg was written in Bad Hersfeld and, according to IMDb , was premiered on August 29, 1920. The Austrian premiere of the seven-act play took place in November 1921.
Lead actor Carl Auen also had the artistic direction. Actress Hella Thornegg took over the auxiliary direction at Teuber's side (= assistant director). Julian Ballenstedt designed the film structures.
Historical background
The historically guaranteed Lingg was called Johann Baptist Lingg von Linggenfeld (1765–1842), was in the service of the Grand Ducal Baden and in 1807 made a name for himself as the savior of Hersfeld against Napoleon Bonaparte's mania for destruction.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Very good material, excellent game, scenery and photos. An exclusive picture. "
Web links
- Johann Baptiste Lingg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Johann Baptiste Lingg at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Baptiste Lingg in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from September 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.
