Luck did not deceive me for long
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Luck did not deceive me for long |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Matull |
| camera | Otto Hunter |
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Fortune did not long deceive me is a German silent film melodrama from 1917, one of the first German films by Pola Negri , which plays a double role here.
action
Count Egon von Weissenfels fell in disproportionately in love during a boat trip; his chosen one is Hilde, the daughter of a Mrs. Weller, who was brought up in a monastery. As expected, this connection, viewed as a mesalliance, is very displeasing to the count's father, who then forges a plan to break the young happiness apart again. With the help of his secretary and an intermediary, the father hires the dancer Ada Roselli, who looks deceptively similar to Hilde. A little more styled and hair dyed, and the loose babe Ada is the perfectly good Hilde. In an ambiguous bar, the false Hilde is supposed to bewitch Count Egon and audition a “sinful” bacchanal scene for him, in the hope that the count's young bourgeois will part with Hilde in shock.
In fact, the intrigue succeeds, and he writes Hilde a letter of separation in the greatest moral indignation. Deeply disappointed in her aristocratic lover, Hilde then goes to a monastery with the intention of becoming a nun. Only a year later, Egon, who has since become major councilor , learns of the background that led to Hilde's decision. Ada Roselli, meanwhile seriously ill, wanted to ease her conscience and now confesses to him the intrigue. Now he absolutely wants Hilde back, cleared of all doubts of the blemish. He rushes to the monastery ... but it's too late: when he arrives, the bells are ringing. Hilde has just put on her religious robe and is now a heavenly sister whose love belongs only to God.
Production notes
Luckily did not deceive me for long . Pola Negri's first German film since moving from Warsaw to Berlin was made in the spring of 1917 in the Saturn film atelier in Berlin's Große Frankfurter Strasse. The five-act film was 1645 (original 1917) or 1497 (after re-censorship in 1921) meters long, depending on the version, and was censored in April 1917. The world premiere was in November 1917.
criticism
“This picture gives the spirited and charming Pola Negri the opportunity to show her art in a double role. The virtuosity with which she distinguishes the two characters is admirable ... The other actors are also well chosen, the photography, plot and direction is first class. "
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "Material, game, photos and scenery are very good, dance scene excellent".
Web links
- Not long deceived me happiness in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- My luck with The German Early Cinema Database did not disappoint me for long
- The luck at filmportal.de did n't fool me for long
