Salambo (1924)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Salambo / The battle for Carthage |
| Original title | Salambo / Salammbô |
| Country of production |
Austria France |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1924 |
| length | approx. 110 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pierre Marodon |
| script | based on the novel of the same name by Gustave Flaubert |
| production |
Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky and Arnold Pressburger for Sascha-Film (Vienna) Louis Aubert for Aubert-Film (Paris) |
| music | Florent Schmitt |
| camera | Léonce-Henri Burel |
| occupation | |
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Salambo , also known as The Battle for Carthage in Germany, is an Austro-French historical film drama from 1924 based on the original by Gustave Flaubert .
action
The film takes place during the Punic Wars . Immediately after the First Punic War, which Carthage lost, the city found itself unable to pay its soldiers the outstanding wages. The mood reached zero when finally the soldiers of a certain regiment were treated extremely badly. Thereupon their leader, the soldier Matho, places himself at the head of a rebellion. The freed slave Spendius joins his side.
Together they move towards the city with his men. But their fate turns bad when the Numidian prince Fool 'Havas, once their ally, turns against Matho. This betrayal gives the leader of the Carthaginian troops, Hamilcar Barkas, upper water, especially since Hamilcar sees in Matho the seducer of his beloved daughter Salambo. On Matho's wedding day with Salambo, Matho, caught in the clutches of his opponents, is tortured to death. Devastated, Salambo dies on Matho's corpse.
Production notes
Salambo was filmed in the Sievering studio in Vienna in 1924 and premiered on December 23, 1924 as part of a press screening. The mass start in Viennese cinemas took place on January 30, 1925. The six-act film was around 2,750 meters long and was banned from young people.
The buildings are by Artur Berger and Ernst Richter . Remigius Geyling created the costumes .
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: “In the foreground is the generous and in every respect well-made presentation of the picture, which alone raises it above average. The representation is consistently very good, as is the photography, with the exception of a few scenes. The weakness of the picture, on the other hand, is its subject, mainly filmed history, which is therefore somewhat poor in dramatic action. "
Web links
- Salambo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Salambo at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Salambo ( Memento of the original from March 11, 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
