Kapellmeister's foster child
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| Original title | Kapellmeister's foster child |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1915 |
| length | approx. 81 minutes |
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| Director | Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers |
| production | Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers |
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Kapellmeister's foster child is a German silent film melodrama from 1915 by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers with Max Pallenberg in the role of Kapellmeister.
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In this heart-rending story, the focus is on a bandmaster who by chance comes into the "possession" of a small child. Up until then, Raninger had led the calm, exclusively culture-oriented life of a music-obsessed person who even apologized to the bust of Ludwig van Beethoven in his home when, instead of devoting himself to the resounding sounds, he treated himself to a glass of liqueur.
When he gets her child pressed into the hand of an artist's mother because she prefers to follow her lover, but ultimately drives him to his death. In the meantime, the little girl grows up well protected with Raninger, who takes loving care of her and puts her birthday party on her feet. When the girl became a young woman after ten years, the old bandmaster suffered agony because he was worried that he might lose his foster child to a young man and a heartbreaker. And so it happens: When Raninger realizes how well it will be for his foster daughter with her lover, he lets her go with a heavy but also happy heart.
Production notes
Kapellmeister's foster child was created at the beginning of 1915 in the BB-Film-Atelier in Berlin-Steglitz and had three acts, spread over 1,481 meters. The film passed the censorship on March 23, 1915 and was probably premiered a little later.
Reviews
"With these we also welcome the fact that Pallenberg has chosen one of those roles for the film that shine through an extremely sympathetic, cozy inwardness, do not drown in the deep tragedy and let the quiet humor of the comfort shine through like a will-o'-the-wisp."