Vendetta (1919)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | vendetta |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Georg Jacoby |
| script | Georg Jacoby Leo Lasko |
| production | Paul Davidson for PAGU |
| camera |
Theodor Sparkuhl Fritz Arno Wagner |
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Vendetta is a German silent film drama from 1919 by Georg Jacoby and is starring Pola Negri , Emil Jannings and Harry Liedtke in the leading roles.
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When the Corsican Antonio Paoli dies in a fair duel among men of honor, his sister Mariana swears the not uncommon vendetta in this country , i.e. blood revenge . The deed is to be committed by Count Musso Dannella, who loves her and to whom she promises marriage after work is done. Both travel to Gibraltar , where Mariana meets the English naval lieutenant Edwin Alcott, who was sick at the time. She quickly falls in love with the handsome young man. Mariana travels home without knowing the Briton's name. The hot-blooded Corsican also doesn't know that Edwin is the man who triumphed in a duel with her brother.
Soon Antonio's death seems to be forgotten and Mariana marries Alcott. Count Musso, who found out that Edwin was responsible for Antonio's death, is beside himself and wants to take revenge on both: on Edwin for snatching "his" Mariana from him, and on the woman who gets rid of him so disdainfully Has. On both wedding days, Dannella tries to carry out the blood revenge with the help of his servant Tomasso Mariana. At any moment Edwin can enter the bridal chamber, and the servant is ready to murder the Englishman. Mariana falls into his arms and tries to wrestle Tomasso down to prevent the vendetta. The bedroom curtain moves, and the servant rushes on it and stabs, not knowing who is behind it. At that moment the sturdy lackey kills his own master, Count Musso. A little later Edwin Alcott steps into the room. His life and the love between him and Mariana are saved.
Production notes
Vendetta was made in the spring of 1919 in the Ufa Union studio in Berlin-Tempelhof and passed the film censorship in May 1919. The original five-act film was 1692 meters long (in the new censorship in 1921 only 1553 meters) and was released on August 22, 1919 at UT Kurfürstendamm premiered. A youth ban has been issued. The Austrian premiere was on October 31, 1919. The version shown there was about 1,800 meters longer than the German original version.
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "Game, photos and scenery excellent (a hit of the first rank)."
Web links
- Vendetta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vendetta at The German Early Cinema Database
- Vendetta at filmportal.de
