Avioliiton ilveilyä / Äktenskapsvirveln.
US © 1923 Warner Bros., released 1924.
P+D: Ernst Lubitsch. SC: Paul Bern – based on the play Nur ein Traum (1909) by Lothar Schmidt. DP: Charles J. Van Enger. AD: Svend Gade.
C: Adolphe Menjou (Prof. Joseph Stock), Marie Prevost (Mizzi Stock), Monte Blue (Dr. Franz Braun), Florence Vidor (Charlotte Braun), Creighton Hale (Dr. Gustav Müller).
Originally 2499 /22 fps/ 99 min. MoMA restored print /22 fps/ 94 min.
Screened at Cinema Orion (Ernst Lubitsch), Helsinki, 21 Feb 2008.
This is the best print of this film, much better than the ones available before the MoMA restoration, although it is struck from a dupe negative which is not perfectly sharp. Revisiting this familiar film I enjoyed it more than ever, and the screening was rewarded by laughter from the audience, proving that the comic timing of Lubitsch remains effective. It is a comedy of manners, but beneath the surface there is the deep current of real feeling and concern about human relationships. The foundation work of the mature Lubitsch touch.
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