Dangers of the Engagement Period
- Walter Schlee
- Walter Wassermann
- Marlene Dietrich
- Willi Forst
- Lotte Lorring
company
- 21 February 1930 (1930-02-21)
- Silent
- German intertitles
Dangers of the Engagement Period (German: Gefahren der Brautzeit) is a 1930 German silent comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Marlene Dietrich, Willi Forst, and Lotte Lorring.[1] It is also known by the alternative title of Nights of Love (German: Liebesnächte).
The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and on location in Scheveningen in the Netherlands. Shot as a silent during September and October 1929, it was not released until February the following year by which time sound films were increasingly dominant. It was given a favourable review by Lotte Eisner in the Film-Kurier.[2]
While making the film Dietrich was also appearing in a stage show alongside Hans Albers.[3] It was her final film before her breakthrough role in The Blue Angel, which made her an international star and led to her departure for Hollywood.
Synopsis
During a railway journey, Baron van Geldern meets an attractive young woman Evelyne in the same carriage. After the train is derailed, they spend a night together at a hotel, and he falls in love with her. Complications ensue when he discovers that she is engaged to his American friend.
Cast
- Marlene Dietrich as Evelyne
- Willi Forst as Baron van Geldern
- Lotte Lorring as Yvette
- Elza Temary as Florence
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as McClure
- Bruno Ziener as Miller
- Albert Hörrmann [de; es]
- Otto Kronburger [de]
- Oskar Sima
- Hans Wallner [de]
References
- ^ Kosta 2009, p. 190.
- ^ "Gefahren der Brautzeit (1930)". www.stummfilm.at [Silent Film Archive] (in German). 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Chandler 2011, p. 61
Bibliography
- Chandler, Charlotte (2011). Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-8844-6.
- Kosta, Barbara (2009). Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-619-9.
External links
- Dangers of the Engagement Period at IMDb
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