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Herr Tartüff
''Tartuffe'' (''Herr Tartüff'') is a German silent film produced by Erich Pommer for UFA and released in 1926. It was directed by F. W. Murnau, photographed by Karl Freund and written by Carl Mayer from Molière's original play. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Set design and costumes were by Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The film starred Emil Jannings as Tartuffe, Lil Dagover as Elmire and Werner Krauss as Orgon. Based on the play ''Tartuffe'', the film retains the basic plot, but Murnau and Mayer pared down Molière's play, eliminating most of the secondary characters and concentrating on the triangle of Orgon, Elmire and Tartuffe. They also introduced a framing device, whereby the story of Tartuffe becomes a film-within-a-film, shown by a young actor as a device to warn his grandfather about his unctuous but evil housekeeper. Cast Restoration and home video Like all Murnau's surviving films, ''Tartuffe'' is licensed by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer (20 July 1889 – 8 May 1966) was a German-born film producer and executive. Pommer was perhaps the most powerful person in the German and European film industries in the 1920s and early 1930s. As producer, Erich Pommer was involved in the German expressionist cinema, German Expressionist film movement during the silent film, silent era. As the head of production at Decla Film, Decla-Bioskop, and, from 1924 to 1926, at Universum Film AG, UFA, Pommer was responsible for many of the best known movies of the Weimar Republic such as ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler'' (1922), ''Die Nibelungen'' (1924), ''Michael (1924 film), Michael'' (1924), ''The Last Laugh (1924 film), Der Letzte Mann / The Last Laugh'' (1924), ''Varieté, Variety'' (1925), ''Herr Tartüff, Tartuffe'' (1926), ''Manon Lescaut (1926 film), Manon Lescaut'' (1926), ''Faust (1926 film), Faust'' (1926), ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' (1927) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Mattoni
André Mattoni (born Andreas Leo Otto Edler von Mattoni; 24 February 1900 – 11 January 1985) was an Austrian actor. His paternal grandfather was Heinrich Kaspar von Mattoni, founder of the Mattoni mineral water company. His mother was Adele Juliana Pupp-Mattoni from the Pupp hotelier family. Mattoni was originally cast in Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis'' (1927) but was replaced by Gustav Fröhlich four weeks into shooting. Selected filmography * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1925) * ''Wood Love'' (1925) * ''The Found Bride'' (1925) * '' Why Get a Divorce?'' (1926) * ''Tartuffe'' (1926) * ''Svengali'' (1927) * '' Youth Astray'' (1927) * ''Light Cavalry'' (1927) * '' The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg'' (1927) * '' Charlotte Somewhat Crazy'' (1928) * '' Mary's Big Secret'' (1928) * '' The Veil Dancer'' (1929) * ''They May Not Marry'' (1929) * ''The Midnight Waltz'' (1929) * '' Beware of Loose Women'' (1929) * '' Street Acquaintances'' (1929) * '' Wenn Du noch eine Heimat hast'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housekeeper (domestic Worker)
A housekeeper — also called necessary woman — is a person responsible for the supervision of a house's cleaning and kitchen staff, particularly being in charge of all female staff. The housekeeper may also perform some light catering and cleaning duties. This female role is on a social parity with that of the male butler. History In the great houses of the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the housekeeper could be a woman of considerable power in the domestic arena. The housekeeper of times past had her room (or rooms) cleaned by junior staff, her meals prepared and laundry taken care of, and with the butler presided over dinner in the Servants' Hall. Unlike most other servants, she was addressed as mistress or missus regardless of her marital status. The housekeeper is generally hired by and reports to the lady of the house. The extent to which the housekeeper supervises other staff varies from household to household. In general, the staff of a gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framing Device
A frame story (also known as a frame tale, frame narrative, sandwich narrative, or intercalation) is a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories. The frame story leads readers from a first story into one or more other stories within it. The frame story may also be used to inform readers about aspects of the secondary narrative(s) that may otherwise be hard to understand. This should not be confused with narrative structure. Notable examples are the '' 1001 Nights'' and ''The Decameron''. Origins Some of the earliest frame stories are from ancient Egypt, including one in the Papyrus Westcar, the '' Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor'', and '' The Eloquent Peasant''. Other early examples are from Indian literature, including the Sanskrit epics ''Mahabharata'', ''Ramayana'', ''Panchatantra'', Syntipas's '' The Seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Röhrig
Walter Röhrig (13 April 1897 – 1945) was a German art director.Stephens p.163 Selected filmography * ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920) * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Parisian Women'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * '' Miss Julie'' (1922) * ''Kaddish'' (1924) * '' Luther'' (1928) * '' The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' Hocuspocus'' (1930) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1930) * '' Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1932) * '' Congress Dances'' (1932) * '' Waltz War'' (1933) * ''Refugees'' (1933) * '' Court Waltzes'' (1933) * '' The Empress and I'' (1933) * '' Season in Cairo'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * ''The Young Baron Neuhaus'' (1934) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * '' Savoy Hotel 217'' (1936) * '' Under Blazing Heavens'' (1936) * ''Diamonds'' (1937) * '' My Son the Minister'' (1937) * ''Rembrandt'' (1942) * ''A Salzburg Comedy ''A Salzburg C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Herlth
Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * '' The Secret of Bombay'' (1921) * '' The Devil's Chains'' (1921) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * '' Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' Parisian Women'' (1921) * '' Miss Julie'' (1922) * '' Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (1922) * '' Luise Millerin'' (1922) * '' The Earl of Essex'' (1922) * '' The Treasure'' (1923) * '' Comedy of the Heart'' (1924) * '' The Last Laugh'' (1924) * '' The Chronicles of the Gray House'' (1925) * ''Tartuffe'' (1926) * ''Faust'' (1926) * '' Luther'' (1928) * '' Looping the Loop'' (1928) * '' Whirl of Youth'' (1928) * '' Four Devils'' (1928) * ''Asphalt'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (1929) * '' Manolescu'' (1929) * '' The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' The Temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempelhof Studios
The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial backing from the French company Pathé. The producer Paul Davidson's PAGU then took control and constructed a grander structure. The First World War propaganda drama '' The Yellow Passport'', the historical comedy '' Madame DuBarry'' and the expressionist 1920 silent film '' The Golem'' were made there by PAGU. During the 1920s the site came into the hands of the dominant German company UFA which also controlled the Babelsberg and Staaken Studios in the city. It was used for several of the company's major productions during the Weimar Republic including '' The Last Laugh''. It was partly used by Terra Film during the Nazi era. In 1945 the studios were captured by Soviet Army troops during the Battle of Berlin while the shooting of the come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartuffe
''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles. History Molière performed his first version of ''Tartuffe'' in 1664. Almost immediately following its performance that same year at Versailles' grand fêtes (The Party of the Delights of the Enchanted Island/''Les fêtes des plaisirs de l'ile enchantée''), King Louis XIV suppressed it, probably under the influence of the archbishop of Paris, Paul Philippe Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe, the King's confessor and former tutor. While the king had little personal interest in suppressing the play, he did so because, as stated in the official account of the fête: although it was found to be extremely diverting, the king recognized so much conformity between those that a true devotion leads on the path to heaven and those t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, Tragicomedy, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied at the Collège de Clermont (now Lycée Louis-le-Grand), Molière was well suited to begin a life in the theatre. Thirteen years as an itinerant actor helped him polish his comedic abilities while he began writing, combining Commedia dell'arte elements with the more refined French comedy. Through the patronage of aristocrats inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenplay
A screenplay, or script, is a written work produced for a film, television show (also known as a '' teleplay''), or video game by screenwriters (cf. ''stage play''). Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A screenplay is a form of narration in which the movements, actions, expressions and dialogue of the characters are described in a certain format. Visual or cinematographic cues may be given, as well as scene descriptions and scene changes. History In the early silent era, before the turn of the 20th century, "scripts" for films in the United States were usually a synopsis of a film of around one paragraph and sometimes as short as one sentence.Andrew Kenneth Gay"History of scripting and the screenplay"at Screenplayology: An Online Center for Screenplay Studies. Retrieved 15 December 2021. Shortly thereafter, as films grew in length and complexity, film scenarios (also called "treatments" or "synopses"Steven Maras. ''Screenwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
