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Halbblut
director: Fritz Lang
year: 1919
country: Germany
alternative titles: Der Halbblut, The Half-Caste, The Halfbreed
The young Juanita turns men’s heads, but is not taken seriously by them, because she is a 'mestiza' (mixed race). Her revenge ends in disaster for all. She first drives her husband Edward to the madhouse, then seduces his best friend Axel, pushing him to the brink of financial ruin in the process. After forcing him to cheat at cards, she betrays him to the police but he escapes arrest. When Juanita then tries to flee to Mexico with the one man she truly loves, a mestizo, Axel appears and shoots her.
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Screenplay: Fritz Lang.
Director of Photography: Carl Hoffmann.
Cast: Carl de Vogt (Axel van der Straaten), Eduard Eysenck [aka Edward Eysenk] (Dr. Thomson, neurologist), Carl Gebhard-Schröder (Edward Scott), Paul Morgan (mestizo), Ressel Orla (Juanita, the half-caste).
Production Company: Decla-Film-Ges. Holz & Co., Berlin.
Producer: Erich Pommer.
Studio: Decla Studio, Berlin.
Shoot: Jan to Feb 1919.
Length: 4 acts, 1608 m.
Format: 35 mm, 1:1.33.
Picture/Sound: b/w, silent.
Censorship Data: Berlin 1919, examination number 10789, ban for young people; Mar 1919, examination number BZ.42900, ban for young people. Première: 3 April 1919, Berlin (Marmorhaus).
Notes: Ressel Orla-series 1918/19; Joachim (Der Film, 5 April 1919) names Emil Schünemann as Director of Photography.
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