Marquis d'Eon, the Pompadour's spy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Marquis d'Eon, the Pompadour's spy |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Karl Grune |
| script |
Bobby E. Lüthge Max Ferner |
| production | Emelka , Munich |
| camera | Fritz Arno Wagner |
| occupation | |
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Marquis d'Eon, the Pompadour spy is a German historical silent film by Karl Grune from 1928 with Liane Haid in the title role.
action
At the French royal court at the time of Louis XV, things went haywire in the 18th century. The king indulges in private pleasures rather than affairs of state, and the real ruler is Madame Pompadour, the king's mistress. The Minister of State, Prince Conti, can always be found at her side, who is conveniently also the lover of the royal courtesan. The Pompadour has developed a network of connections and dependencies and has built up a tribe of informers and spies in order to always keep track of who has what intentions and who is making deals with whom at the court rich in intrigues. With the Marquis d'Eon, she has acquired a new, obviously particularly capable secret agent. The young nobleman is said to have come to Paris to try his luck here. Nobody knows that the marquis is actually a marquise, a young lady who was brought up like a boy for inheritance reasons. The pretty French woman soon fell in love with a suspected adversary, the English ambassador Lord Hatfield.
Prince Conti sends the Marquis d'Eon with a special assignment to tsarist Russia, which is currently suffering from the tyranny of a mad tsar: The marquis is now supposed to persuade the tsarina to seek her salvation by fleeing to England. The background to this simulation game is the attempt to pull Russia to the side of France and to build up a common opposition to England. However, the British have smelled the roast and are again sending their best man to Saint Petersburg to prevent this new alliance absolutely. This is d'Eon's love, Lord Hatfield. A palace revolution breaks out at the court of the tsars, in which d'Eon gets caught between the fronts and is captured as a foreign spy. It is Hatfield, of all people, who saves her without knowing who it is. Only now does he realize that that ominous marquis is exactly the woman he had previously fallen in love with.
Production notes
Marquis d'Eon, the Pompadour spy , was created in the Emelka Studios in Geiselgasteig in the spring of 1928 and passed film censorship on August 23, 1928. The nine-act act with a length of 3120 meters was banned from young people and premiered on September 6, 1928 in the Berlin Capitol. The title "artistically valuable" was issued.
The buildings come from the brothers Willy and Ludwig Reiber , the costumes were designed by Werner Boehm.
Will Dohm presumably made his film debut here with a small supporting role.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: “In the first acts, the subject approaches the cliffs of dry biography, only to become more interesting, towards the end even quite gripping, in the further course, where it shows a better dramaturgical elaboration. This may also be due to the director (...) Haid is particularly interested in acting. She cuts a fine figure as a man as well as a woman, while Kortner designs the tsar effectively, but somewhat mannered. (...) Overall qualification: Well above average. "
See also
- Chevalier d'Éon , a true historical but reversed case
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Pompadour spy in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
