The Curse (1924 film)
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Directed by | Robert Land |
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Produced by | Robert Land |
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Cinematography | Nicolas Farkas |
Production company | Land-Film |
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Country | Austria |
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The Curse (German: Der Fluch) is a 1924 Austrian drama film directed by Robert Land and starring Lilian Harvey, Oscar Beregi and Albert Heine. It was shot at the Sievering Studios.
The film marked the screen debut of Lilian Harvey who would go on to become one of the top stars at the German box office during the late Weimar and early Nazi eras. Harvey was in Vienna at the time because she was appearing in a stage revue show,[1]
Synopsis[]
A young Jewish woman in an Eastern European shtetl struggles to reconcile her aspirations with her duty to her family. As her lifestyle grows wilder, her mother is shocked by her immoral behaviour and commits suicide by drowning - repeating "the curse" which has haunted the family for centuries.[2]
Cast[]
- Lilian Harvey as Ruth
- Oscar Beregi as Jehuda Nachmann
- Albert Heine as Esra
- Ferdinand Bonn as Rabbi Eliser
- as Zuhälter
- as Haushälterin
- as Lea
- Reinhold Häussermann as Schadchen
- as Rahel
- as Geburtshelferin
- as Arzt
- as Dirne Miriam
- Anton Pointner
- as Tempeldiener
- Otto Schmöle as Torwächter
- Hans Thimig as Sinche
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Ascheid, Antje (2003). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-984-5.
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2005). Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-074-8.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1925 films
- 1924 films
- 1924 drama films
- Austrian films
- Austrian silent feature films
- Austrian drama films
- Films directed by Robert Land
- Austrian black-and-white films
- Films shot at Sievering Studios
- 1925 drama films
- Austrian film stubs