Der ewige Zweifel

1918 41 minutes Directed by Richard Oswald

About Der ewige Zweifel

Max Thomas and his wife Henriette fight until he decides she has been with another man and puts her out. She will not leave it there. She tells him he cannot know whether he is the father of their son.

Cast & crew

More about Der ewige Zweifel

Richard Oswald directed. E. A. Dupont wrote the script. The subtitle is Tragödie des Lebens. Filmportal lists three acts and 835 metres, a February 1918 German censorship card, number B.41450, and a youth ban. Leonhard Haskel plays Max. Johanna Terwin plays Henriette.

Themes

  • A wife put out of the house
  • A paternity she will not settle
  • A quarrel that outlasts the marriage
  • Max Thomas
  • Henriette
  • paternity
  • Richard Oswald
  • E. A. Dupont
  • silent film

Music

Silent. Marcus Reißenberger wrote music for the Arte broadcast of 10 February 2000.

Preservation

A copy runs about 41 minutes and was televised by Arte in 2000.

Notes

  • Nelly Guttmann plays the son Georg as a child. Ernst Pittschau plays him as a man.
  • Martha Altenberg plays the housekeeper. Arthur Wellin plays Paul Brünner.
  • IMDb lists the production company as Richard-Oswald-Produktion. Filmportal credits Deutsche Lichtbild-Gesellschaft in Berlin.
  • Arte showed the film on 10 February 2000. Marcus Reißenberger is credited with the music for that broadcast.

Scenes

  • Max throws Henriette out after he decides she has been unfaithful.
  • She answers by refusing to name the father of their son.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-der-ewige-zweifel)