Manon. The high song of love

The title of this article is ambiguous. See also: Song of Songs of Love .

Movie
Original title	Manon. The high song of love
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1919
length	108 (original 1919) minutes
Rod
Director	Friedrich Zelnik
script	Beate Schach Karl Grune based on the novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prevost
production	Friedrich Zelnik
camera	Max Fassbender
occupation
Lya Mara : Manon Lescaut Fred Goebel : Chevalier des Grieux Ferdinand Bonn : Marshal des Grieux, his father Alma Grünke : Manon's mother Werner Funck : Manon's brother Edwin Schäfer : Triberg, a friend of Grieux Richard Georg : old lecher Julius Brandt : Bergère, a bon vivant

Manon. The high song of love is a German silent film from 1919 by Friedrich Zelnik with Lya Mara as the heroine Manon Lescaut.

action

France, at the time of the baroque . The young Manon Lescaut is a beautiful, young girl and full of joie de vivre. Her parents want their daughter to lead a monastery life. Manon and her brother are on their way to Manon's future center of life when the young woman meets the student of Grieux. He plans to become a priest. Both fall in love, Manon initially holds back, since her brother is present as a moral and moral watchdog. Eventually she can escape him and escape to Paris.

There she treats herself to another lover. Years later, Manon and des Grieux meet again when, as a priest, he is confronted with his old love in the confessional. Des Grieux confesses his love to her again, and they both become a couple. But their relationship is doomed to fail. Manon goes into great debt and goes to ruin more and more. In the end she ends up in the poor house and eventually dies in his arms.

Production notes

Manon. The high song of love , also known under the titles Manon Lescaut and The high song of love , was created in 1919 in the National Film Atelier in Berlin-Tempelhof and, depending on the source, was published on June 19, 1919 or November 1919 in the Schauburg premiered. The original length of the film was six acts at 2211 meters. After the new censorship in June 1921, Manon Lescaut was reduced to 1835 and 1795 meters.

Artur Günther created the buildings . Director Zelnik and his leading actress Lya Mara were married to each other.

criticism

Paimann's film lists summed up: "The material, the game and the Rose Festival scene were excellent, the photos and the scenery were very good."

Web links

• Manon. The high song of love at The German Early Cinema Database
• Manon. The high song of love at filmportal.de
• Manon. The high song of love in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manon Lescaut ( Memento of the original of April 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Paimann's film lists