Erotikon
About Erotikon
Leo Charpentier, a professor of entomology, studies the polygamy of beetles and does not see that his wife Irene is involved with the sculptor Preben Wells and flirting with the aviator Baron Felix. At a ballet about a shah's wife and his friend, Leo wants the story to end happily. Irene hears that a fur was charged to Preben, confronts him, and admits she has been deceiving Leo. Preben had mistaken another woman for her. When they learn the fur was for his model, Irene and Leo come back together. She arranges for her niece Marthe to look after Leo.
Cast & crew
More about Erotikon
Mauritz Stiller directed. Gustaf Molander and Stiller wrote the script from Ferenc Herczeg's 1917 play A kék róka. Charles Magnusson produced it at AB Svensk Filmindustri. Henrik Jaenzon photographed it. It opened on November 8, 1920, and runs 106 minutes.
Themes
Making
Stiller stages the professor's bug lecture against Irene's two suitors, a sculptor and a pilot.
Look
Henrik Jaenzon photographed the Svensk Filmindustri production.
Preservation
A print circulates, including the Internet Archive copy silent-erotikon.
Notes
- Anders de Wahl plays Leo, Tora Teje plays Irene, Lars Hanson plays Preben, Vilhelm Bryde plays Baron Felix, and Karin Molander plays Marthe.
- The Hungarian title of Herczeg's play means The Blue Fox.
- The ballet is the place where Leo, watching a story of seduction, still asks for a happy ending.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-erotikon.
Scenes
- Leo watches the ballet and wishes for a happy ending.
- Irene admits the deception, then the fur turns out to have been for the model.
Influenced by
- Ferenc Herczeg's play A kék róka (1917)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-erotikon)
