The Plague in Florence
About The Plague in Florence
In Florence in 1348, a seductress arrives and both Cesare, the ruler, and his son fall in love with her. The son kills his father before an order to torture her can be carried out, and he turns the churches into places of debauchery. Death then brings the plague. Fritz Lang wrote the script from Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," and Otto Rippert directed it.
Cast & crew
More about The Plague in Florence
Erich Pommer produced it for Deutsche Eclair (Decla). The English Wikipedia spells him Eric. Marga von Kierska, Theodor Becker, Karl Bernhard, and Julietta Brandt star. Willy Hameister and Emil Schünemann photographed it. Bruno Gellert is the composer on Wikidata. Running time 73 minutes. German title Pest in Florenz.
Themes
Background
The story is set in Florence in 1348, just before the Black Death's first Italian outbreaks.
Look
Willy Hameister and Emil Schünemann shot the Florence story.
Music
Wikidata credits Bruno Gellert.
Notes
- Wikipedia says Lang raised the sexual tension by making the plague the result of the seductress's actions.
- Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg, Erich Bartels, Hans Walter, and Erner Hübsch are on the Wikidata cast.
Scenes
- The son kills Cesare before the torture order.
- Death arrives with the plague.
Influenced by
- Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-die-pest-in-florenz)
