Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (MURNAU live)

Die Finanzen des Großherzogs   

The Finances of the Grand Duke Allemagne 1924 | F.W. Murnau | intertitres DE stEN | 78‘ | digital | Cast : Alfred Abel, Mady Christians, Adolphe Engers, Max Schreck ► Un film issu du fonds de la Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (www.murnau-stiftung.de) à Wiesbaden.

► Accompagnement au piano par Hughes Maréchal

The Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire financial straits. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen.

« Though its tone (it is a comedy) and its genre (it is an adventure film) are so distinctly different from what silent German cinema is often thought to be (and often was), it only serves to reinforce Murnau’s uniqueness as a director. Like one of his own heroes, he was always most content going his own way. » (Senses of Cinema).