Friday, December 24, 2010

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"Die Frau, Nach Der Man Sich Sehnt" (1929) By Curtis Bernhardt


Henri Leblanc (Herr One Henning), descendant of a bankrupted industrialist family, Married a rich heiress in order to save the family firm. On the honeymoon, Herr Leblanc meets a mysterious woman on the train, Stascha wife (Marlene Dietrich) with whom he will fall desperately in love. He goes to ruin with her, leaving his wife on the train and fleeing with wife Stascha to Cannes.

But Stascha, bound to Dr. Karoff (Mr. Fritz grains), especially needs the protection of Mr. Leblanc due that fact that her relation with the Dr. is connected with the knowledge of a crime.

"The woman, according to which one longs" (1929) ("Three Loves"), a film directed by Mr. Curtis Bernhardt, it is a very remarkable oeuvre and certainly the best silent film made by Marlene Dietrich.

Before this excellent film, Mrs. Dietrich was a cute and plump lady that had a not very impressive career in roles directed by different and sometimes important German directors. That’s until Herr Bernhardt takes advantage of all of her true possibilities for the silent screen emphasizing those same traits that later Herr von Sternberg uses in a similar way for the sake and glory of Frau Dietrich.

At this point it is necessary for this German count to say that the work that Herr von Sternberg did with his most outstanding pupil wasn’t at all entirely original and exclusive as evidenced in “Die Frau, Nach…”, Herr Bernhardt did splendid work in the same artistic and dramatic parameters which, in turn, Herr Dietrich enhanced in the special atmosphere of the silent screen. In years later, it was for Herr von Sternberg to enlarge the talkie career of the Teutonic actress.

The great cinematography by the reputable Herr Curt Courant und Herr Hans Scheib, created those classic sculptured face shots of the actress amid shadows and enigmatic angles creating the paradigm of a “femme fatale”. This shines especially in this mysterious love triangle drama. Thus results an “amour fou”, perfectly developed in different sceneries with everything for the sake of Frau Dietrich. The film is an unconditional gift and a perfect vehicle for the Teutonic actress that certainly owes a lot to this film’s construction in a manner that later became her personal and well-known iconic image.

But not only Frau Dietrich deserves attention in this film; the male main characters of the picture ( Herr Fritz Korner und Herr Uno Henning ) did excellent work too as two tormented lovers whose fascination and infatuation for Frau Stascha will bring them only misery and a doomed life.

The film transits between different sceneries. There are segments of the film that are very well defined and in continuity, developing the increasing passion and dramatism that brings the main characters of the film to life. These start with the industrialist images of the first part of the picture ( in those days, Germans liked a lot scenes of engines, pistons and steam… ) which are mechanical, emotionless and symbolic of Herr Leblanc’s marriage of convenience. They continue to the uncontrolled passion that Herr Leblanc will experience in the train when he meets Frau Stascha via visualizing an era when the train was a romantic and unpredictable mean of transport... and had nothing in common with the aseptic and fast high-speed trains of nowadays. And at the party at the hotel during the night of the Holy Sylvester, the facts accelerate to the end of this peculiar tragic love triangle via a “in crescendo” film story in which the eroticism, drama and wild passion are depicted in a very remarkable and fascinating way.

“Die Frau, Nach Der Man Sich Sehnt” is an outstanding silent film that depicts one of those mad love stories than only can happen in silent films and confirms that Frau Dietrich already existed and was “invented” Before Herr Bernhardt years by Herr von Sternberg.

And now, if you'll allow me, I take my leave Must Temporarily Because this German Count must-talk with Frau Dietrich about old German times.

Herr Graf Ferdinand Von

Galicia - / -

Henri Leblanc (Herr One Henning) down a family of industrialists in bankruptcy, so is the need to marry a rich heiress in order to save the family business; during their honeymoon, Herr Leblanc know where the train travels with his wife, a mysterious woman, Stasch Frau (Frau Marlene Dietrich), which will be his undoing when he falls madly in love with the above, leaving his wife in train and running away Frau Stasch at Cannes.

But Frau Stasch, which has a strange relationship with Dr. Karoff (Herr Fritz Corner), you need protection especially Herr Leblanc, as the bond that keeps the doctor is related to the knowledge of a crime.

"Die Frau, Nach Der Man Sich Sehnt" (1929), directed by Herr Bernhard Curtis is an excellent film and certainly the best silent film starring Marlene Dietrich Frau.
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Before this film, Frau Dietrich was a cute and plump Fraulein which had a not too remarkable career, playing roles led them in different and sometimes Germanic important directors, until Herr Bernhardt took all the possibilities for the silent screen actress had said, highlighting in particular all the characteristics that Herr von Sternberg then employ a similar manner for the benefit and glory of Frau Dietrich.

Therefore, it is necessary to refer to count Germanic, that work with Herr von Sternberg made his most outstanding student was not entirely original or unique as can be seen in "Die Frau ...", as Herr Bernhardt some years before on the same parameters dramatic and artistic, does an excellent job with actress Germanic also benefited Herr Dietrich of the special atmosphere of silent films and later Herr von Sternberg would highlight in the career of actress Teutonic sound.

The large photograph of the prestigious Curt Courant Herr and Herr Hans Scheib, results in those classic, chiseled, and whimsical drawings filmed them from mysterious dark corners, creating the paradigm of the "femme fatale", perfect them for this particular love triangle a history of "amour fou" set in different scenarios, all for the greater glory of Frau Dietrich, an unconditional gift in addition to being the perfect vehicle for the actress, which certainly Teutonic owes much to this film in connection with the creation of what would later become his personal and very famous iconic image.

But not only Frau Dietrich deserves attention in this film, as their male colleagues, Herr Fritz Corner One und Herr Henning, in his papers also highlight how the two troubled lovers whose fascination and infatuation by Frau Stasch will bring only pain to their lives and torment.

The film moves between different scenes, these well-defined segments and create dramatic continuity in the film, developing and increasing the passion and drama that will suffer his characters, beginning with the film with industrial environments during the first half of the film (at that time, Germans liked see images of machines, pistons and steam ...) mechanical and monotonous images, lack of emotion and symbolic marriage of convenience Herr Leblanc, passing the film then with the unbridled passion that suffer Herr Leblanc on the train when he meets Frau Stasch, or as the train was then a romantic and unpredictable means of transport, nothing to do with the sterile high-speed train today, ending the film with a special New Year's Eve party that the three protagonists of the film held at the hotel where stay, accelerating a tragic developments in the aforementioned love triangle, ending an "in crescendo" where the erotic drama, drama and more unbridled passion has certainly been portrayed in a remarkable and fascinating.

"Die Frau, Nach Der Man Sich Sehnt" is an excellent film where he tells one of those crazy stories of love were only possible in silent films and Frau Dietrich finding that existed and was even invented by Herr Bernhardt years before Herr von Sternberg.

And now, if I may, I have to leave because this count must maintain Germanic una charla con Frau Dietrich acerca de los viejos tiempos germánicos.

Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien

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