Kadra Sâfa

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Movie
Original title Kadra Sâfa
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1914
Rod
Director Stellan Rye
script DJ Rector
production Erich Zeiske
camera Guido Seeber
occupation

Kadra Sâfa is a 1913 German silent film directed by Stellan Rye with the Austrian dancer Grete Wiesenthal in the title role.

action

The story takes place in the Orient of the year 1860. At the time of the persecution of Christians by the Muslims, the Drusin Kadra Sâfa, daughter of a powerful sheikh, joined the German mine engineer Dr. Warden in love. However, this one is a Christian. Thus there is an extraordinarily explosive force in this liaison. Sheikh Beschir Schenah is unwilling to tolerate this relationship, which he regards as a aberration and shame. He tries with all his might to break the couple apart. When they are both in the area of ​​a large lock, the sheikh locks the unhappy couple in love, opens the lock and lets everything flood. Kadra Sâfa and Dr. They drowned when the rushing mass of water literally rolled over them.

Production notes

Kadra Sâfa was filmed in 1913 in the Bioscop studio in Neubabelsberg and in the Mark Brandenburg region (exterior shots). The four-act act passed film censorship in January 1914, was banned from young people and was first presented on January 13, 1914 as part of a press screening.

No expense or effort was spared for this “oriental” adventure and love film. The buildings came from the hand of Robert A. Dietrich , who built a complete “oriental street” in Neubabelsberg, which stood until after the First World War and made various other films (such as Max Obals right after this film Singer drama Die Löwenbraut ) served as a backdrop. Max Tilke was responsible for the design of the extensive costumes.

The scriptwriter “DJ Rector” (= director) is none other than the director of the production company Deutsche Bioscop, Erich Zeiske .

criticism

“Yesterday Grete Wiesenthal appeared in the film for the second time in the Kammer-Lichtspiele. (...) Although her graceful art now has means for expressing sensuality and devotion, she has had a very strong effect through her dances and the charm of her appearance. Otherwise the presentation and staging offered very impressive images; the scenes in the oriental city of Neubabelsberg and in the desert on Brandenburg soil are masterpieces of modern film directing and confirm the priority of the Bioskop society. "

- Berliner Börsen-Courier No. 21, dated January 14, 1914

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