| The Curse | |
|---|---|
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| German | Der Fluch |
| Directed by | Robert Land |
| Written by | Walter Reisch Ernst Weizmann |
| Produced by | Robert Land |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Farkas |
| Production company | Land-Film |
| Release date |
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| Country | Austria |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
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.
Plot
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.
Cast
- Lilian Harvey as Ruth
- Oscar Beregi as Jehuda Nachmann
- Albert Heine as Esra
- Ferdinand Bonn as Rabbi Eliser
- Isak Deutsch as pimp
- Alice Hétsey [de] as housekeeper
- Anny Hornik as Lea
- Reinhold Häussermann as matchmaker
- Ria Jászonyi as Rahel
- Olga Lewinsky [de] as midwife
- Ferdinand Mayerhofer as doctor
- Milena Mudin as Miriam, waiter
- Anton Pointner
- Eugen Preiß as Acolyte
- Otto Schmöle as Gatekeeper
- Hans Thimig as Sinche
References
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 186. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
- Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2007) . Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Film Europa. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 21. ISBN 1845453034. JSTOR j.ctt9qd8qp.
Bibliography
- Ascheid, Antje (2003). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Culture and the Moving Image. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ASIN B003Z0BLEQ. ISBN 156639984X. JSTOR j.ctt14bs6q0.
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