I.N.R.I. (Film)

I.N.R.I. - A film of humanity is a German silent film by Robert Wiene from 1923 This Wiene filmed with numerous well-known stars of the silent film era, the Passion of Christ..

Style and film criticism

An essential element of the film that was released in the U.S. under the title " Crown of Thorns " in theaters, was the arrangement of the decoration, was at the resort to known representations in the visual arts. On the other hand, the film placed great emphasis on the effect of monumental crowd scenes as in the Sermon on the Mount or the entry of Jesus of Nazareth in Jerusalem.

In the press, the movie was not only positive reviews after its premiere. Although the Frankfurter Zeitung wrote:

It could or had this silent film actually put on a different effect than the many other later films Bible who achieved their effect through the dialogues.

However, the film did not achieve the effect as Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Several times they had tried to film the life of Christ. But never had emerged from a satisfying work. Wavering between the bigotry and too large humanization of God's Son Christ all films had been disabled. Wiene tried it in 1924 with a background story. A murderer sees a Passion play and is refined by the Passion of Christ. The fabric had Wiene borrowed a story by Peter Roseggerhaus, the passion ran true to the sequence of actions from the Synoptic Gospels. From einfalt rich beauty, maternal, soft transfigured, Henny Porten as a Madonna by Raphael was painted. From imaginative beauty, cocky, flirting, and later with thick tears Asta Nielsen as a sinner Mary Magdalene. In the movie impossible role of Christ himself tried in vain the Russian emigrant Grigori Chmara, a wedded husband of Nielsen. " I.N.R.I. " failed, despite Werner Krauss as Pontius Pilate, despite Alexander Granach as Judas.

The film is considered the first great German Bible feature film. In a novel based, it went Wiene a (religious ) orientation in the politically and economically uncertain time during production. The film adaptation of the life of Jesus was first integrated into a framework for action, which refers to the confrontation of Christianity with Communism. However, the partly covered theatrics in the presentation of the life of Jesus at that time led to criticism.

General References

  • Dieter Krusche, Jürgen Labenski: Reclams film leader. 7, revised edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-15-010205-7, pp. 270-271.
  • Silent Era - I.N.R.I.
  • Cinefania - INRI (1923 )
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