Sodom and Gomorrah
About Sodom and Gomorrah
Mary has been pushed toward trouble since childhood. Her mother steers her at an elderly banker, Harber. She nearly drives her fiancé to suicide and seduces his mentally ill son. A dream in the manner of Sodom and Gomorrah shows her what her negligence costs. She is sentenced to prison for incitement to murder Harber.
Cast & crew
More about Sodom and Gomorrah
Michael Curtiz directed and, with Ladislaus Vajda, wrote this Austrian silent epic. The English titles include Sodom and Gomorrah and Queen of Sin and the Spectacle of Sodom and Gomorrha. The German title is Sodom und Gomorrha: Die Legende von Sünde und Strafe. The sets were too large for Sascha-Film's Sievering Studios, so the film was shot on the Laaer Berg in Vienna. Gustav Ucicky and Franz Planer photographed it. Giuseppe Becce wrote the music. Wikidata times it at 150 minutes. Lucy Doraine and Walter Slezak are among the cast.
Themes
Making
Sievering could not hold the backdrops, so the company built them on the Laaer Berg.
Look
Gustav Ucicky and Franz Planer shot the large sets built outdoors on the Laaer Berg.
Music
Giuseppe Becce wrote the score.
Notes
- The biblical city is the dream, not the whole plot. The frame is modern: Mary, her mother, and the banker Harber.
- Victor Varconi, Willi Forst, and Paula Wessely are also on the Wikidata cast.
- The Internet Archive identifier is silent-sodom-und-gomorrha.
Scenes
- Mary's dream stages her own negligence as Sodom and Gomorrah.
- She is sent to prison for inciting Harber's murder.
Influenced by
- The biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-sodom-und-gomorrha)
