Das Lied der Colombine
About Das Lied der Colombine
At her engagement party to Hans von Rotfels, Lona Sehring sings Das Lied der Colombine, a song by an unknown composer. Outside, the dying musician Körner hears his own melody, gets into her room, and asks her to sing it again. She goes to him the next day. Von Rotfels follows, breaks the engagement, and her parents throw her out. Körner marries her on his deathbed and dies within hours. His friend, the old musician Blaamer, trains her. Under the name Lola Lees she sings the role of Colombine. Von Rotfels is in the audience and quarrels with her until Blaamer tells him what happened. She goes back to the man she had loved.
Cast & crew
More about Das Lied der Colombine
Emil Justitz directed the 1918 German drama. The working title was Colombine. Carola Toelle, Hans Albers, Paul Richter, Olga Engl, Gustav Rodegg, and Fritz Achterberg are billed. A surviving copy runs 94 minutes.
Themes
Making
Justitz builds the plot on one melody. The engagement, the expulsion, the deathbed wedding, and the later stage debut all hang on Körner hearing his song from the garden.
Preservation
A 94-minute print survives.
Notes
- The song she sings at the engagement is the one Körner wrote, and he is standing at the garden gate when he recognizes it.
- The marriage lasts only hours. He dies the same day.
- Her stage name is Lola Lees. The role is Colombine.
- Hans Albers and Paul Richter are in the cast.
- Blaamer, not Lona, is the one who tells von Rotfels the deathbed story.
Scenes
- Körner stands at the gate and hears Lona sing his melody at the engagement.
- He marries her from the deathbed, and dies within hours.
- As Lola Lees she sings Colombine, with von Rotfels in the house, until Blaamer stops the quarrel.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-das-lied-der-colombine)