The Price of Beauty
About The Price of Beauty
Elsie von Lindtner, a widow countess played by Gerda Christophersen, is drawn to the man her daughter is about to marry. Lisa, played by Clara Wieth, becomes engaged to Leopold von Würzen, played by Valdemar Psilander. At the engagement party Leopold leans toward Elsie.
Cast & crew
More about The Price of Beauty
August Blom directed. Karin Michaëlis adapted her own 1910 novel, published in English as The Dangerous Age. Axel Graatkjær photographed it. Nordisk negative number 778. Fotorama distributed it in Denmark. The premiere was April 7, 1911, at the Panoptikon in Copenhagen. The negative is 685 meters, listed at 34 minutes. Otto Lagoni plays the old count. Aage Hertel plays the Italian singer Enrice Vallé. Another Danish title is En Moders Skændsel.
Themes
Making
Blom shot Michaëlis's novel the year after it was published, with Psilander as the fiancé and Christophersen as the mother who is not ready to be only a mother.
Look
Axel Graatkjær photographed the engagement party and the rooms of the Lindtner house for Nordisk.
Preservation
A print survives. A digital copy is on Wikimedia Commons under the Danish title.
Notes
- The Danish title is Den farlige Alder. The export title is The Price of Beauty.
- Michaëlis both wrote the novel and the screenplay.
- Clara Wieth, Lisa in the film, is the actress later known as Clara Pontoppidan.
- Leopold's surname on the Danish cast list is von Würzen, not von Raven. The widow is Elsie von Lindtner, not a Countess von Würzen.
- Lau Lauritzen Sr. is in the company, before he became a director of Nordisk comedies.
Scenes
- At the engagement party Leopold leans toward Elsie, not toward Lisa.
Influenced by
- The Dangerous Age (Karin Michaëlis novel)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Den farlige Alder (1911).webm)
