From Morn to Midnight ( Von morgens bis Mitternacht )

From Morn to Midnight (DVD) (*)

$35.99

Original Title: Von morgens bis Mitternacht
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
73 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1920 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Karl Heinz Martin

Written By:
Herbert Juttke
Georg Kaiser

Actors:
Ernst Deutsch ..... Kassierer
Erna Morena ..... Dame
Roma Bahn ..... Tochter / Bettlerin / Heilsarmee-Mädchen / Dirne
Adolf E. Licho ..... Fatter Herr
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski ..... Sohn der Dame
Elsa Wagner ..... Großmutter
Frida Richard ..... Bankdirektor
Eberhard Wrede ..... Tröder
Lo Heym ..... Frau
Hugo Döblin
Lotte Stein

Synopsis:

Georg Kaiser decribes in his Expressionist theater play the attempt of a bank cashier to escape his middle class daily life. Director Karlheinz Martin's adaptation transfers Kaiser's play into an Expressionist film of radical stylization. The German film industry was so irritated by the result that the film never found a distribution and was never shown in German cinemas. The only existing print of this classic survived in Japan where the film received a cinema release and was preserved by the National Film Center. The Munich Filmmuseum restored the film and added two scores transferring the visual avantgarde concept of the film into a musical structure: An improvised performance for three percussionists by the SchlagEnsemble H/F/M and a modern score for seven musicians composed and condacted by Yati Durant.

A Cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60, 000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisfaction in politics, sport, love and religion.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 September, 2010.

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