Film

Stützen der Gesellschaft

(Pillars of Society)

Retrospettiva: Douglas Sirk

Germany  ·  1935  ·  DCP 2K  ·  Black and White  ·  87'  ·  o.v. German

The film was digitally remastered in 2020/21 with funding from the FFE - Förderprogramm Filmerbe.
Screening

Wednesday 3 | 8 | 2022, 20:00  ·  GranRex  ·  Sub. English


Screening

Thursday 4 | 8 | 2022, 12:00  ·  Cinema Rialto 1  ·  Sub. English

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The life of a shipowner is disturbed by the return of his brother-in-law, who knows the truth about his past. Twelve years after staging it in the theater, Sirk adapts Ibsen’s play with some variations, such as the prologue in America and the storm scene, and highlights the irony of the title.

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Information

Director

Detlef Sierck

Cast

Heinrich George, Maria Krahn, Horst Teetzmann, Albrecht Schoenhals, Suse Graf

Producer

Robert Neppach

Cinematography

Carl Drews

Editing

Friedel Buckow

Music

Franz R. Friedl

Screenplay

Georg C. Klaren, Karl Peter Gillmann

Based on

the play "Pillars of Society" by Henrik Ibsen

Production

Universum Film (Ufa)

International sales

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
verleih@murnau-stiftung.de

Print

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
verleih@murnau-stiftung.de


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