Lola Montez, The King's Dancer, DE 1922, Ellen Richter.
Image: Ellen Richter Film GmbH.
Source: DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt.
Film Restored – ‘Lola Montez’
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DE 1922, Director: Willi Wolff
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Original format: 35 mm, 1.33:1, bw, silent
DCP 4K, ca. 120 min, DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
Piano: Richard Siedhoff
Introduction: Oliver Hanley (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf), Anke Mebold (DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum)
In this silent film version of the life of Lola Montez, actor and producer Ellen Richter portrays the legendary dancer as a Spanish Roma. The film was shot on location in Spain, Italy, Greece, Paris, and Bavaria. The restoration is part of a collaboration between DFF and Eye to save German silents that survive only as nitrate prints at Eye.
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