Moon of Israel
About Moon of Israel
A Jewish slave girl falls in love with the Pharaoh's son during the Exodus. The picture follows that romance through the departure from Egypt.
Cast & crew
More about Moon of Israel
Mihaly Kertész, later Michael Curtiz, directed Ladislaus Vajda's adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's 1918 novel. Sascha-Film shot it in Vienna and outdoors at Laaer Berg. Wikipedia gives the premiere as October 24, 1924, and the extra count as 5,000.
Themes
Background
Haggard's novel, the stated source, retells the biblical Exodus.
Making
Wikipedia places the crowd scenes in the Sascha-Film studios in Vienna and outdoors at Laaer Berg, and gives the extra count as 5,000.
Look
Gustav Ucicky and Hans Theyer photographed the Vienna production, including the outdoor work at Laaer Berg.
Music
Gerhard Gruber is the composer listed on Wikidata.
Preservation
Wikipedia says the film was thought lost. A restored complete version was first shown on February 26, 2005, at the Wiener Metro Kino.
Notes
- The German title is Die Sklavenkönigin, translated on Wikipedia as The Queen of the Slaves.
- María Corda leads the Wikidata cast, with Arlette Marchal, Ferdinand Bonn, Oscar Beregi, and Hans Marr.
- The catalog bills Adelqui Migliar, Ferdinand Onno, Oscar Beregi Sr., and Henry Mar.
- Gustav Ucicky and Hans Theyer are the cinematographers. Alexander Kolowrat and Arnold Pressburger produced.
- Jack L. Warner noticed Kertész through this film and invited him to Hollywood in 1926.
Influenced by
- H. Rider Haggard's Moon of Israel (1918)
Also available
- Internet Archive (themoonofisrael)
