After 16 years' experience on stage, the actor and playwright Curt Goetz (1888-1960) made his debut as a film director and producer with the silent movie Friedrich Schiller – Eine Dichterjugend (1923). Writing razor sharp dialogue was his profession; acting comic parts in the theatre – without having to renounce speech – was his craft. And that is why the silent cinema presented such a special artistic challenge to Goetz, a task whose accomplishment was prompted by a difficult subject: the poet Friedrich Schiller's adolescence. An enthusiast of the spoken word makes a movie about the early life of a powerfully eloquent poet, but has to eschew the cadence of poetry. Under such circumstances, the artistic potential of a film director must prove itself.
Friedrich Schiller – The Poet as a Young Man, directed by Curt Goetz, Germany 1923 (102')
Improvised piano scores by Joachim Bärenz: Live Recording Bonner Sommerkino 2005, studio recording 29./30.7.2005
Deleted and missing scenes from the original screenplay (in german)
Edition Filmmuseum 02
Language Deutsch (intertitles) Subtitles english, français, español, português
Screen 1:1.33 - 4/3 PAL, b&w Sound Music scores DD 2.0 FSK 14 Region code All regions
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