His confession
| Movie | |
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| Original title | His confession |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | 105 (1919), 99 (1920) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hubert Moest |
| script | Bobby E. Lüthge |
| production | Otto Clemens Haak |
| camera | Eugene Hamm |
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His confession is a German silent film drama by Hubert Moest with Reinhold Schünzel and Hedda Vernon in the leading roles. Jolanthe Marès wrote the book .
action
Achim von Wellinghausen is a bon vivant and dandy, as it is in the book. Its consumption by women is legendary, but it does not last long with any. One day the bon vivant meets the married Ulla von Wahlen and starts an affair with her. She is the first woman who is able to tie him up for a long time. When the husband learns of the love affair, he feels so hurt in his honor that he takes his own life. Wellinghausen quickly loses interest in Ulla again, as the tingling moment of the forbidden has disappeared.
Another woman in Achim's life is the siren Siddy Roth. Once he pushed the dancer away, and that is now to take revenge, because the young lady spins her webs around him and makes Achim increasingly sick. At that moment he realizes that his life is about to end, and only now does he understand what Ulla meant to him. He asks her to come back to him, but now it is the widow who rejects him and no longer shows any interest in Achim. He quickly begins to show delusional moves and throws money around. With his last bit of strength and surrounded by women for sale, Achim swallows poison to put an end to his shabby existence.
Production notes
His confession was premiered on October 23, 1919 in the Richard-Oswald-Lichtspiele. The length of the film was 2165 meters in the first version, 2127 and 2030 meters in the second, divided into six acts. A youth ban has been issued.
Joseph Delmont is said to have been involved in the direction. Bernhard Schwidewski designed the film structures, the film novice Hans Dreier designed the interior decorations. Georg Schubert served as chief cameraman Eugen Hamm in a subordinate role .
criticism
“His confession is a film of sensual effects, which is not softened by Reinhold Schünzel's excellent play. The women also play a more than questionable role in this piece, which must actually appear strange when a woman draws as the author of the material. "
Web links
- His confession in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- His confession at filmportal.de
- His confession at The German Early Cinema Database