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ELISABETH UND DER NARR (1934)

Thea von Harbou, Hertha Thiele, Theodor Loos and Rudolf Klein-Rogge

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This is the first of two works to be directed by Thea von Harbou, who was well known in the 1920s as a screenwriter, especially for Fritz Lang and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and got the opportunity to work as a director after the Nazis came to power in 1933. Her debut was censured, however, because of a "violation of religious sensibilities", something rather ironic given the "sensibilities" of the man running the whole movie-industry (Josef Goebbels).

Elisabether, the daughter of a banker, is being house in a girl's boarding school near Lake Constance, which is run by the nuns of St. Veidt. The feeble-minded "village idiot", Michele, adores her and is particularly drawn to her organ playing. In his madness, he shoots the girl's father and tries to lay the blame on the organist, Thomas, who teaches music to Elisabeth.

Die erste der beiden Regiearbeiten von Thea von Harbou, die in den 1920er Jahren als Drehbuchautorin vor allem für Fritz Lang und Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau bekannt wurde und nach der Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten die Gelegenheit erhielt, sich auch als Regisseurin zu versuchen. Ihr Debut wurde noch wegen "Verletzung religiösen Empfindens" zensiert.

Elisabeth, eine Bankierstochter, ist in einem Mädchenpensionat am Bodensee untergebracht, dem die Nonnen von St. Veidt vorstehen. Der debile "Dorftrottel" Michele verehrt sie und fühlt sich insbesondere von ihrem Orgelspiel angezogen. In seinem Wahn erschießt er den Vater des Mädchens und versucht den Verdacht auf den Organisten Thomas zu lenken, bei dem sie Unterricht hat.

THERE IS A NEWSREEL ALONG WITH THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel).

QUALITY (of feature film only):

· Digital Quality? - no

· Sharpness of picture? - some softness, but overall a very good quality

LENGTH OF FEATURE FILM: 76 mins

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