Madame Incognito (1913)
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| Original title | Madame Incognito |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1913 |
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| Director | Georg Jacoby |
| script | Wilhelm Jacoby |
| production | Literary Lichtbildverlag GmbH (Berlin) |
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Madame Incognito is a German silent film comedy from 1913 by Georg Jacoby .
action
Franz and Herma Fellner are dining in the presence of their mutual friend Fritz Köllner, when the latter receives a letter in which his girlfriend, who is performing at the Moulin Rouge, reminds him that a big event is taking place tonight in the very establishment she is definitely expecting him to attend . Köllner lets the young lady order that he will come. Unnoticed, he writes on a little piece of paper that he secretly slips Franz, the lines that he would like to take Franz with him to this big party hype. At eleven thirty he expected his friend. Early that evening, Franz warned his wife to go to bed. She grudgingly follows his wish and goes into the bedroom with a book. Franz finally lies next to her and a little later pretends to be asleep. He waits patiently until she turns off the light and also falls asleep. Then he gets up again and quickly goes to the Moulin Rouge, where there is already a lot of party going on.
Fellner is turned up, the champagne flows freely, the dance leg is swinging. Meanwhile, Herma woke up again at around 1 a.m. and discovered the empty bed next to her. She gets up and finds Köllner's memo. With the help of the housemaid, Herma is now planning a small campaign of revenge. She puts on a domino in which she is not immediately recognizable, and also goes to the Moulin Rouge as Madame Incognito. In a wet and happy circle, she discovers her husband and now begins to flirt violently at him unrecognized. Franz responds to their approaches and, already a little nervous, confesses that he would go to the end of the world with the beautiful stranger. Herma alias Madame Incognito agrees, but has one condition: on the way there, he has to be blindfolded. A car pulls up, and Herma drives back to her own apartment with her devoted beau. Franz is allowed to take off the blindfold there. He ruefully swears to his better half never to be unfaithful again. Herma forgives him.
Production notes
Madame Incognito was written in the spring of 1913 and passed film censorship in April of the same year. The world premiere took place on May 9, 1913.
After the script for the film drama Buckelhannes , which Wilhelm Jacoby had written for his son Georg and in which he made his debut in front of the camera, Georg Jacoby celebrated his debut as a film director in the comedy Madame Incognito .
criticism
"A funny marriage comedy."