His last mask
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | His last mask |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | about 70 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Oswald |
| script | Richard Oswald |
| production | Richard Oswald |
| camera | Max Faßbender or Ernst Krohn |
| occupation | |
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His last mask is a German silent film drama from 1916 by Richard Oswald .
action
One day, court actor Friedrich Daland met Mary, a young up-and-coming girl who became his pupil, and fell in love with her. Although the young woman is in love with her colleague Volkmer, she marries Daland. Two years later, during a performance by Daland at the opera, he was sent a terrible despatch from his mother-in-law: "Mary drowned while sailing." must be admitted to an appropriate sanatorium.
Dismissed as cured after years, the court actor sees his wife, who was believed dead, one day. He follows Mary and secretly penetrates her apartment, where she has been living in close harmony with Volkmer for some time. Soon the betrayed realizes that he has become the victim of a malicious intrigue. Daland seeks revenge. He secretly lets himself be employed as a prompter at the venue where Mary and Volkmer are engaged and pours sleep powder into his beer as Othello shortly before his performance . So this is canceled, and Friedrich steps in instead. In the killing scene with Othello and Desdemona, played by Mary, Daland appears and strangles his unfaithful wife as Othello on stage. The audience applauds frenetically in the face of such realism until the murder is discovered. Daland, insane, is led away.
Production notes
The four-act film was censored in May 1916, was banned from young people, and was premiered on August 18, 1916. His last mask was launched in Austria-Hungary on November 24, 1916.
criticism
"Material, game, photos and scenery very good, dramatic, great."
Web links
- His last screen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- His last mask at filmportal.de
- His last mask at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ^ The German Early Cinema names December 1916
- ↑ His last mask in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 13, 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.
