Episode (film)

  • Karl Ludwig Diehl: Teacher Kinz
  • Paula Wessely: Valerie gardener
  • Otto Tressler: art dealer Torresani
  • Erika Wagner: his wife
  • Hans Jürgen Tressler: Eugene, their son
  • Wolf -Dieter Tressler: Toni, their son
  • Friedl Czepa: Mizzi Mařánek
  • Walter Janssen: The lawyer
  • Ferdinand Mayerhofer: The professor at the School of Applied Arts
  • Rosa Albach -Retty: Woman gardener, Valerie's mother
  • Fritz Imhoff: The Cinema Crier
  • Ernst Arnold: The Street Singer
  • Lisl Handl: The maid
  • Wilhelmsheim: A suicide
  • Dorothy Pool: The bar singer
  • Maria Ice: The Kammersängerin

Episode is an Austrian film from the year 1935., The genre of the Viennese film attributable to work was written and directed by Walter Reisch. Film History of the film comes to a special meaning because it was the only Austrian film of a Jewish director, who was admitted in 1933 for import into Nazi Germany, where since 1933 Jewish people believing the cooperation of movies was forbidden.

The world premiere of the film took place in Berlin Gloria Palace on 23 August 1935. In Austria the film premiere took place on 13 September in a Vienna cinema. First television was on December 2, 1958 at ARD. On April 1, 1994, the film was released on VHS video again.

Action

Vienna in 1922 - inflation and unemployment characterize everyday life. To deflect from the joyless life, the population celebrates extravagant night in the bars and clubs of the city. The morale drops.

The Vienna Arts and Crafts student Valerie gardener loses Verspekulationen of bank presidents their small fortune, of which she and her mother lived. The art dealer Torresani noticed her distress and buys her some ceramics from. In addition, he offers her to help them with monthly financial support. Valerie believes that he would expect for compensation and rejects the offer with contempt. When Valerie after some time but no longer know what to do, she asks Torresani desperate for help yet. Torresani they can also convince that he expected no consideration, but only wanted to help a poor girl. The two are good friends as a result.

Can not appear as Torresani one day at a meeting, he sends the tutor of his sons to her. This is believed Valerie was the beloved Torresanis and behaves towards her initially very reserved. During the evening, however, he falls in love with her. Through the teacher Kinz Valerie also learns that Torresani wife and two children. She comes to the decision to no longer be able to accept longer the monthly checks from Torresani. But a friend who does not agree with their decision, cash that check one in their place. However, they soon regret their deviousness and searches Torresanis house to explain everything and bring back in order. Once there, however, they are hardly any words and sent away with a letter for Valerie again. When she hands over the letter Valerie, this assumes that we are dealing with a suicide note Torresanis and immediately rushes to his house. There it is surprisingly friendly received by Torresanis woman. It turns out that the letter was an invitation to a party in Torresanis house.

By Kinz Torresanis woman had believed Valerie was an affair of her husband. The error, however, can be elucidated, and Kinz put on the defensive. At the same time he will finally realize about his true feelings for Valerie.

Background

The German Reich Film Chamber gave the film an Exemption for performance in Germany. This was the only time after the seizure of power by the National Socialists in Germany in 1933 that an Austrian film, which was also Jewish people had participated, received a Aufführgenehmigung for Germany. The name of the Jewish director and screenwriter Reisch, however, was not mentioned in the program book of the film magazines courier.

Artistically episode is characterized in that the atmosphere of Vienna at the time of economic crisis, thanks to Paula Wessely could be implemented as a penniless student of Arts and Crafts in a coherent psychogram Vienna ambiguity.

Production

The film was produced by the Wiener Viktoria movie. As a sound system that Tobis - sound film was used. Designer were Emil Stepanek and Franz Meschkan. Integrated provider was Oskar Strnad. The manager took over Max Nekut.

The movie rental took over the syndicate movie. Film distributors was the Tobis - Sascha - Film Industry.

Versions and censorship Results

The film had at the censorship test in Germany on August 8, 1935, a length of 2893 meters. The Censor Board put the film among youth ban and cut out a total of 61 meters, so that the film in Germany started off with a length of 2832 meters. In Austria, the film was shown at a length of 2930 meters and was awarded the title of " artistically worthy of recognition ."

Film Music

The soundtrack has been implemented by Willy Schmidt- Gentner using foreign compositions from the early 1920s. The title song of the film was composed by Robert Katscher. Worked with director Walter Reisch At the texts. In the Viennese music publisher Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky ) published three pieces of music from the movie: A Dirndl must be small, it comes once the moment and now the world would sink.

Awards

  • International Film Festival of Venice 1935: Coppa Volpi for Best Actress: Paula Wessely
  • Nomination of Walter Reisch for the Mussolini Cup
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