Kurfürstendamm (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kurfürstendamm |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Oswald |
| script | Richard Oswald |
| production | Richard Oswald |
| camera |
Carl Hoffmann Axel Graatkjaer |
| occupation | |
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Kurfürstendamm is a German silent film by Richard Oswald with Conrad Veidt as Satan, Asta Nielsen in a triple role and Erna Morena in another leading role.
action
The devil is bored to death in hell and therefore wants to hang around Berlin. On the Kurfürstendamm, populated by so many sinners, the ugly Hinkefuss thinks he will be able to examine particularly splendid future specimens for his underworld. The devil's grandmother even gives her satanic son a banknote press so that he can let off steam on site in the den of sin. The devil meets very different kinds of people, including the cheeky girl Lissy and the cook Marie, who absolutely wants to go to the film and ultimately makes a career there. The devil experiences human and all-too-human, falls in love, is laughed at and betrayed, even robbed and in the end even makes a film. One day the human abysses become too much for him and he longs for his hellish homeland. He happily returns home to Grandmother in Hell.
Production notes
Kurfürstendamm , subtitle: “Ein Höllenspuk in 6 Akten”, was created in the spring of 1920, was 2,424 meters long, spread over six files, and was banned from young people on July 12, 1920 when the film censors passed. The premiere took place on July 30, 1920.
The film structures were designed by Hans Dreier .
criticism
“'A hell of a ghost in 6 acts' is the name of the work that offers little of the ghostly, but an abundance of the amusing. The popular director is walking in completely new directions. By renouncing the situation comedy , which is otherwise the main ingredient of the comedy , he only tries to work through the play of the actors and has devoted himself to this very first. "
Individual evidence
Web links
- Kurfürstendamm at The German Early Cinema Database
- Kurfürstendamm at filmportal.de
- Kurfürstendamm in the Internet Movie Database (English)