Nora (1923)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Nora |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1923 |
| length | 105 (1923) 85 (2001) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 90 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Berthold quarter |
| script |
Georg Fröschel Berthold Viertel based on the play of the same name (1879) by Henrik Ibsen |
| production | PAGU on behalf of UFA (Berlin) |
| camera | Frederik Fuglsang |
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Nora is a German silent film made in 1922 based on the play of the same name by Henrik Ibsen . The film debutant Berthold Viertel directed . The main roles are occupied by Olga Chekhova in the role of Nora, Carl Ebert as Nora's husband and Fritz Kortner as the lawyer Krogstadt.
action
The young Nora Helmer is happily married to the lawyer Torvald and has three children with him. When Torvald fell seriously ill one day and the debts threatened to become a real problem for the young family, Nora made the far-reaching and tragic decision and, due to lack of time, forged a bill of exchange that her dying father should have signed. The lawyer Krogstadt is also involved in this process, but initially he does not do anything about it because he does not understand the context.
When Krogstadt, who knows about the counterfeit, begins to put Nora under pressure, she confesses to her husband the mistake, for fear that Krogstadt might tell her husband, who has long since recovered, about her moral aberration at the time. But Torvald, a paragon of virtue, does not forgive her for this wrongdoing, although Nora only committed it to help the sick man. Due to the influence of Nora's girlfriend Christine Linde, with whom Krogstadt had been in love for a long time, the lawyer stopped trying to blackmail him. Finally, Torvald also realizes that he reacted too harshly to his wife and wants to start a new life with her. But Nora refuses and wants to lead a self-determined life from now on.
Production notes
Nora was made in 1922 and was censored on January 5, 1923. The premiere took place on February 2, 1923 in the Berlin premiere theater on Kurfürstendamm. The production, which was banned from young people, was 2045 meters long and had five acts.
The film structures come from Walter Reimann .
criticism
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported in its edition of January 22, 1924: “Manuscript: Berthold Viertel and Georg Fröschel. These two names guarantee that there will not be those amputations and prostheses that are painful for literature lovers, to which excellent seals in the film are often exposed. We would like to thank the editors for remaining loyal to Nora, who has already become a household name to us (apart from small infidelities). [...] The title role was with Olga Chekhova. She succeeded in what many, even good actresses of Nora, miss on stage: the transition from Nora at the beginning to Nora at the end. [...] The direction, for which Berthold Viertel is responsible, was excellent, as was the photography. "
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Thanks to his reproach, the subject triggers strong effects, despite the director's not always happy view of the conflicts. The presentation is not equally good in all roles, the make-up and photos correspond. Despite some shortcomings, the whole thing deserves recognition, but due to the gloomy milieu and the degree, which is not entirely satisfactory for the audience, it appears to be primarily suitable for more mature visitor groups. "
“The ambition was to create Ibsen's 'Nora', which stirred everyone's minds when it was released, freely and cinematically. The difficult film adaptation of this abstract problem was entrusted to a theater director who had to direct a film for the first time: Berthold Viertel (1923). In Viertel's hands, Olga Chekhova has become a great film artist. "
Web links
- Nora in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nora at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Nora". In: Neue Freie Presse , January 22, 1924, p. 17 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Nora ( Memento of the original from March 25, 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. In: Paimann's film lists
- ^ Oskar Kalbus : On the becoming of German film art. Part 1: The silent film , Berlin 1935, p. 72
