The Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum
 
 User Info & Key Stats   
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
May 19, 2013, 11:01:48 PM
449296 Posts in 8706 Topics by 8187 Members
Latest Member: shvic300
News: We think Pallasart is the best web design company in Austin and for good reason - they make this forum possible! Looking for a website? Call them at 512 469-7454.
+  The Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum
|-+  Books and Films about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia
| |-+  Films and TV shows about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia (Moderators: BobAtchison, Forum Admin)
| | |-+  The Finances of the Grand Duke: 1924 Murnau Film - Comedy
  0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author
Topic: The Finances of the Grand Duke: 1924 Murnau Film - Comedy  (Read 762 times)
« on: January 20, 2005, 10:42:01 AM »
RichC Offline
Knyaz
****
Posts: 757

View Profile

Has anyone seen this 1924 Murnau film?

Here's a review from Time Out:

The 1994 restoration confirms that this is indeed a farce by FW Murnau, featuring such uncharacteristic ingredients as a madcap Russian princess, a happy go lucky duke, stolen letters, disguises and the like; and featuring Max Schreck, Nosferatu himself, as a comic revolutionary. Murnau takes it all at a fast clip, combining extensive location shooting with a couple of elaborate studio sets, and bringing off two or three shots which, independent of context, are as haunting as any in the canon. Agreeable yet quite forgettable, except for collectors of directorial anomalies, and Murnau-ites on the hunt for correspondences, gay subtexts, etc. BBa
« Last Edit: May 10, 2009, 09:07:00 PM by Alixz » Logged
Reply #1
« on: January 20, 2005, 11:03:54 AM »
Janet_W. Offline
Velikye Knyaz
****
...And no one's grief has ever passed you by... Posts: 1889

View Profile

I've seen Murnau's masterpiece, Nosfertu, but I've not heard of this one! Sounds as if would be amusing, if not exactly fact-based . . . although screwball comedy's objective isn't to portray real life!  Wink  
Logged
Reply #2
« on: January 20, 2005, 07:00:04 PM »
Vive_HIH_Aleksey Offline
Graf
***
Alexei Yagudin, Evgeni Plushenko: Tzars of the Ice Posts: 341

View Profile WWW

Oh wow, I'm always up to discovering new work from this master.
Logged

Hatred – this is a disgusting feeling. Yes, there is sport gambling, there is a striving to win. But to hate someone – this is awful! I think, that first of all you have to learn to respect your rival. -- Evgeni Plushenko
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS! Website by Pallasart - Austin Web Design