New Year's Eve (1924 film)

New Year's Eve (German: Sylvester: Tragödie einer Nacht) is a 1924 German silent Kammerspielfilm directed by Lupu Pick and written by Carl Mayer. It was filmed in 1923 and premiered in Berlin on 4 January 1924.[1][2] The film is known to be one of the earliest examples of a kammerspielfilm[3] and was innovative in its extensive use of "entfesselte Kamera", using tracking and gliding techniques as opposed to keeping the camera stationary.[4] Like Pick's previous films, New Year's Eve does not use intertitles.

New Year's Eve
Directed byLupu Pick
Produced byLupu Pick
Written byCarl Mayer
StarringEugen Klöpfer
Edith Posca
Music byKlaus Pringsheim, Sr.
CinematographyKarl Hasselmann
Guido Seeber
Edited byLuise Heilborn-Körbitz
Production
company
Rex-Film GmbH
Distributed byUniversum Film AG
Release date
  • 3 January 1924 (1924-01-03)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryGerman
LanguageSilent film

Plot

A man is celebrating New Year's Eve with his wife and his mother, who are at odds with one another. As the evening progresses, the rivalry between the two women increases to an open hatred that eventually escalates into a big fight. The man assumes no position in favor of either woman and instead chooses to flee from the conflict.

Cast

References
  1. Grange, William (28 October 2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780810859678. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. Scheunemann, Dietrich (1 September 2006). Expressionist Film: New Perspectives. Camden House. p. 277. ISBN 9781571133502. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. Silberman, Marc (1995). German Cinema. Wayne State University Press. p. 253. ISBN 0814325602. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  4. Thompson, Kristin (1 February 2006). Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood. Amsterdam University Press. p. 119. ISBN 9789053567081. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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