Intoxication (film)

Intoxication (German: Rausch) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel and Karl Meinhardt. It was based on the play Brott och brott by August Strindberg. Lubitsch was loaned out from UFA to the smaller Argus-Film for the production.[2]

Intoxication
Directed byErnst Lubitsch
Written byAugust Strindberg (play)
Hanns Kräly
StarringAsta Nielsen
Alfred Abel
Karl Meinhardt
Grete Diercks
CinematographyKarl Freund
Theodor Sparkuhl
Production
company
Argus-Film
Release date
1 October 1919[1]
Running time
6 reels
CountryGermany
LanguageSilent
German intertitles

Plot

Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him, and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed.

Cast

References

  1. Eyman p.378
  2. Hake p.38

Bibliography

  • Eyman, Scott. Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
  • Hake, Sabine. Passions and Deceptions: The Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch. Princeton University Press, 1992.


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