Salamander (1928 film)

Salamander (Russian: Саламандра, romanized: Salamandra) is a 1928 Soviet-German silent biopic film directed by Grigori Roshal and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Natalya Rozenel and Nikolay Khmelyov.[1]

Salamander
Directed byGrigori Roshal
Written byGeorgiy Grebner
Anatoli Lunacharsky
StarringBernhard Goetzke
Natalya Rozenel
Nikolay Khmelyov
Sergey Komarov
CinematographyLouis Forestier
Phil Jutzi
Production
company
Distributed by90 minutes
Release date
  • 12 April 1928 (1928-04-12)
CountrySoviet Union
Germany
LanguageSilent
Russian/German intertitles

Plot

The film is based on real events and reveals the tragic episodes from the life of the Austrian biologist scientist-materialist Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), hunted by regressive scientists and Catholic reactionaries who committed suicide.

The film is set in Leipzig, Germany, which is ruled by clergy and aristocracy, at a time when fascism is starting to emerge, and the working class is forced to live in poverty. Professor Zange is employed here and he is one of the few who sympathizes with the poor.

The scientist uses salamanders for his experiments and learns that their inheritance is dependent on external factors. As he makes this discovery he becomes a menace to the existing political system and the clergy conspires with the aristocracy to get rid of him.

Cast

References

  1. Christie & Taylor p.440

Bibliography

  • Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
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