Zofia (film)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
Original title Zofia / Zofia - war wanderings of a child
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1915
length approx. 63 minutes
Rod
Director Hubert Moest
script Walter Turszinsky
Robert Wiene
production Franz Vogel for Eiko, Berlin
occupation

Zofia is a German silent film war drama from 1915 with Hedda Vernon in the title role.

action

Hedda Vernon, who was 28 years old at the time of shooting, embodies a fourteen-year-old count's daughter, the heroine Zofia, in this story set on the Eastern Front at the beginning of the First World War. Her father, the lord of the castle, leaves the count's estate shortly before the enemy invades with his troops. Since the servants are also fleeing headlong, Zofia is suddenly all alone in the castle. The little girl gets first contact with the enemy when a seriously wounded soldier drags himself into the building and asks Zofia for one last favor before he has to die.

He shows her a photo of a Red Cross sister. The dying man wants Zofia to go to this nurse in the opposing hospital camp and order her last greetings from him. At first she hesitates to do the enemy this favor, but then she realizes that in the face of death, hatred of the enemy would be unchristian. And so, jeopardizing her own life, she criss-crosses hostile and friendly lines to the camp to fulfill her mission.

Production notes

Zofia , also known under the long title Zofia - War Odd Trips of a Child , was created in the first winter of the war in 1914/15 in the Eiko-Film-Atelier in Berlin-Marienfelde . The drama passed film censorship in March 1915 and was premiered on July 1, 1915 in Berlin's Tauentzienpalast . The strip was first seen in Austria-Hungary on July 23, 1915. The three-acter was 1150 meters long.

Paul Hartmann probably made his film debut here.

criticism

“The focus of this drama is Hedda Vernon in the role of a fourteen-year-old girl. The graceful, really masterful way with which the artist gets rid of her role gives the film image a peculiar mark and lets the viewer follow the course of the action with interest until the end. "

- Cinematographic review of July 4, 1915. p. 34

Web links