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1925 |
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| Genre: |
DRAMA
SILENT
IMPORTANT
CONTROVERSIAL
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| Origin: |
Germany |
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| Colour: |
BW |
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| Length: |
104 |
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An aging trapeze artist (Emil Jannings) suffers an accident and becomes manager of a cheap sideshow of dancing girls. Though married, he becomes infatuated with an orphaned dancer (Lya de Putti), whom he trains to be a trapeze performer.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Heavily censored on release, this movie omitted all mention of the anti-hero’s previous wife and family and began with him already married to the dancing girl. As so often with silents, the story now looks highly melodramatic, especially as it descends into a maelstrom of sexual jealousy. The director had himself been the manager of a vaudeville theatre, however, and puts his inside knowledge to good use. The swirling, impressionistic camerawork was ahead of its time, and much imitated.
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