ZAIDA, DIE TRAGOEDIE EINES MODELLS

Holger-Madsen

R.: Holger-Madsen. Sc.: Luise Heilborn-Körbitz. F.: Sophus Vangoe. Scgr.: Jack Winter. In.: Gertrud Welcker, Olga Belajeff, Alexander Murski, Heinrich Peer, Alf Blütecher, Ernst Brodl. P.: Eiko-Film, Berlino. 2035m. D.: 90’. 35mm.

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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

Prologue – Two friends at the theater watch the drama of Zaida, a Roman woman who is caught betraying her husband. The friends ask each other what they would have done in a similar situation. “Would you have killed Zaida or her lover?” The two answer with opposing replies.

The film opens with this declaration of death and progressively becomes the story of three deaths: that of the friendship between the two men, that of the love they held for Zaida, and that of the feminine figure that, in the course of the events, loses her central position between the two male figures.

In short

Director: Holger-Madsen
Year: 1923
Country: Germania
Running time: 90'
Film Version

German and French version

Sound
Mute
Edition
1994
Section
Recovered and restored 1994

Copy From
Restored with funds from

PROJECTO LUMIÈRE

Restored with funds from Projecto Lumière (within the Media Programme).

The film was restored from a nitrate print found by the Cinémathèque du Luxembourg and using the censored German version. As there were considerable differences between the German and French versions, it was decided to restore both versions.