Journey into the Night
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Journey into the Night (Template:Langx) is a 1921 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau.[1] Prints of the film still survive, thus making it the earliest surviving F. W. Murnau film.[2]
Plot
An upright, straight-laced physician, Dr. Eigil Börne (Olaf Fønss), has long been engaged to Hélène (Erna Morena). To celebrate Hélène's birthday, the couple goes to a cabaret. A dancer, Lily (Gudrun Bruun-Stefenssen), is fascinated by the doctor and pretends to sprain her ankle. Börne attends her, and she seduces him. Börne becomes infatuated, breaks his engagement to Hélène, and marries Lily.
The Börnes move to the country, where they meet a blind painter (Conrad Veidt). Dr. Börne restores his sight. Dr. Börne learns that Hélène's health is failing, as she is heartbroken over her broken engagement. He tries to see her, but is turned away. When he returns home, Dr. Börne discovers Lily is having an affair with the painter and abandons her.
Years later, Lily seeks out Dr. Börne. The painter has gone blind again, and she pleads with him to operate once more. Dr. Börne refuses. Lily, he says, is incapable of true love and doesn't really love the painter. At any rate, he would not operate unless Lily left the painter. Lily runs off. A short time later, Dr. Börne goes to see Lily and discovers she has poisoned herself so that Börne will operate on her lover. The painter declines treatment. Börne commits suicide as well, preferring to live in darkness rather than without Lily.[3]
Cast
- Olaf Fønss as Dr. Eigil Börne
- Erna Morena as Hélène
- Conrad Veidt as Der Maler (The Painter)
- Gudrun Bruun-Stefenssen as Lily
See also
References
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- Der GANG IN DIE NACHT (1921) at the British Film InstituteTemplate:Better source needed
- Murnau before NOSFERATU, Retrieved 5 November 2018 – via Observations on Film Art
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- 1921 films
- 1921 drama films
- Films directed by F. W. Murnau
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- German black-and-white films
- Films with screenplays by Carl Mayer
- Silent German drama films
- 1920s German films
- 1920s German-language films
- German-language drama films