Moriturus
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Moriturus |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carl Müller-Hagens |
| script |
Paul Rosenhayn based on the novel Liebeshörig by Ferdinand Runkel |
| production | Hilde Woerner |
| camera | Kurt Lande |
| occupation | |
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Moriturus is a German silent crime film drama from 1920. Max Landa plays the leading role , as so often in his screen career, as a detective. Further leading roles were cast with Reinhold Schünzel (in the title role), Conrad Veidt (as villain) and Hilde Wörner , who also produced this film.
action
Private detective Landa is facing a particularly tricky case: the respected Freiherr von Mohrungen has been suffering from a strange illness for some time, which his family doctor Dr. Shepherd is a big headache. Since the doctor doesn't know what to do next, he sends his aristocratic patient to the detective, who might be able to investigate the mysterious disease in a criminalistic way and with his own methods.
Landa's research leads after a few detours to the opaque and unscrupulous Wilmos, the head of a sanatorium. It turns out that he had massively manipulated the somewhat naive chambermaid Siegnis, so that the maid successively administered morphine to the baron so that the landlord gradually became weaker and weaker and weaker. Wilmos' plan is that his sister wife von Riberac, Herr von Liebenau, the cousin and presumed heir of the doomed man (= Moriturus), marries on day X and in this way Wilmos comes into the inheritance of Mohrungen, which his sinister machinations have carried into the afterlife. Detective Landa can, however, thwart the outrage and arrest the villain.
Production notes
Moriturus was written in 1920 and was 2026 meters long, divided into six acts. The film passed the censorship on September 6, 1920 and was premiered on September 23, 1920 in Berlin's Marble House . In Austria, the strip started the following year.
Mathieu Oosterman designed the film structures.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: “The subject is exciting. Game and photos excellent. Very good scenery. (A hit.) "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moriturus in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Moriturus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Moriturus at filmportal.de