Colonel Redl (1925)

Movie
Original title	Colonel Redl
Country of production	Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	1925
length	92 minutes
Rod
Director	Hans Otto
script	Hans Seeliger Hans Otto
production	Hans Otto
camera	Eduard Hoesch
occupation
Robert Valberg : Colonel Redl Eugen Neufeld : Colonel Ulmanitzky Harry Norbert : Lieutenant Colonel Jamischewicz Albert von Kersten : Major Wieronkoff Dagny Servaes : Sonja Uraskow Louis Seemann : Colonel of the Gendarmerie Boreff Eugen Dumont : Russian Minister of War Carlos Gerspach : Captain Erdmann Ellen Reith : his bride Julius Stark : Auditor Mella Baffa

Colonel Redl , subtitle: The Gravedigger of the Monarchy , is a silent film by Hans Otto from 1925. The film is about the life of Colonel Alfred Redl from Austria-Hungary .

action

The Austro-Hungarian Colonel Redl, who is constantly in need of money, meets the Russian Sonja in Vienna, who became a spy in order to be able to marry a noble officer in the tsarist army. Sonja seduces Redl, who willingly sells her military secrets from the Austro-Hungarian army. He even goes so far as to steal from his friend Erdmann and ultimately brings him to prison. Since Redl's information becomes worthless to Sonja after a while, she betrays him. Redl then commits suicide. Erdmann is rehabilitated and Sonja marries her officer.

background

The film, shot in 1924, was produced by Ottol-Film GmbH (Vienna) and FIAG-Filmindustrie Wien (Vienna). The film had a length of seven acts over 2308 meters, which corresponds to about 92 minutes. It was premiered on February 20, 1925 in Vienna. The Berlin police banned him on February 27, 1925 with a youth ban (No. 09912).

reception

“Apart from its content, which was carried out with convincing credibility from beginning to end, the quality of the presentation and technology is also of a quality that is far beyond the norm. Robert Valberg, who played the title role, was able to get used to his by no means easy role and to express it in a way that only a real artist can. The same applies to Eugen Neufeld, Dagny Servaes and the other contributors. The direction of the film, for which Hans Otto draws, is conducted with great care and caution and knew how to eliminate any disturbing moments. Among the ranks of those who made an outstanding contribution to the film's excellent success, there is also the operator Eduard Hoesch, whose photography is characterized by a wonderful clarity and plasticity, which particularly increases the value of the work. " (Der Filmbote, No. 52, Vienna 1925)

literature

• Walter Fritz: The Austrian feature films of the silent film era (1907–1930). On behalf of the Austrian Film Archive, hrgg. from the Society for Film Studies. Vienna 1967, No. 885

Web links

• Colonel Redl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Colonel Redl at filmportal.de
• Colonel Redl at viennale.at
• Colonel Redl at zweiausendeins.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German sources name Walter Reisch instead of Seeliger
2. ↑ Film length calculator, frame rate: 22