Explosion
About Explosion
When it comes out that Georg has seduced Maria, her father drives her out, and Georg runs to the mining town of Sankt Anton to hide among the colliers. Maria reaches the same town and becomes engaged to Thomas. Georg turns up again.
Cast & crew
More about Explosion
Karl Grune directed and produced. Julius Urgiss, Max Jungk, and Stefan Grossmann wrote it. Karl Hasselmann photographed it at the Marienfelde Studios. UFA distributed the film, whose German title is Schlagende Wetter. It opened in January 1923. Liane Haid and Carl de Vogt star. The original running time is 97 minutes.
Themes
Making
Grune shot the mining story on the Marienfelde stages in Berlin rather than in a pit.
Look
Karl Hasselmann shot the Sankt Anton scenes at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin.
Music
Silent.
Notes
- Eugen Klöpfer, Hermann Vallentin, Leonhard Haskel, and Walter Brügmann are in the cast.
- Schlagende Wetter is the German term for firedamp, the gas that explodes in coal mines.
- The story moves from the father’s house to a colliery town.
- A print is on the Internet Archive under the German title.
Scenes
- Maria’s father puts her out after Georg’s seduction.
- She and Thomas become engaged in Sankt Anton.
- Georg appears in the same town.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-schlagende-wetter)
