Adaptation of Goethe's historical play "Götz von Berlichingen and the Iron Hand", set in the Holy Roman Empire..
Does this 1925 adaptation of Goethe’s historical drama still command the screen a century later? Short answer: Yes, but only if you have the patience for the deliberate, heavy-handed theatricality of the Weimar era’s historical epics. It is a film that demands your attention not through fast-paced action, but through t...
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"Does this 1925 adaptation of Goethe’s historical drama still command the screen a century later? Short answer: Yes, but only if you have the patience for the deliberate, heavy-handed theatricality of the Weimar era’s historical epics. It is a film that demands your attention not through fast-paced action, but through the sheer weight of its ideological conflicts and its stark, expressive imagery.This film is for the dedicated cinephile who treats the silent era as a primary source of cultural ev..."
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Hubert Moest, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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