Estrella

Country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1913

Production year

1913

Premiere

12 December 1913

Runtime

32 min

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionmedium

Film state

lost film

Original title

Estrella

Czech title

Estrella

English title

Estrella

Synopsis

Estrella, a beggarwoman with a proud and passionate heart and someone who values her freedom, lives with her companions Hugo and Marcel in the mountains. When an unknown man - Harry - gives her two silver coins, they all follow him to his castle and decide to devise a cunning plan to rob him. Estrella pretends to faint and drops to the ground in front of Harry's castle. Harry picks her up and carries her inside. He showers her with gifts and persuades her to live a new life with him. Her companions, however, are not content with this arrangement and force her to poison Harry. Harry sees through their plan and has Hugo arrested. Estrella stays on at the castle. Hugo escapes from prison and tries to return to his rich parents from whom he had run away after a bitter disagreement. His parents, however, do not take him in and so Hugo looks up of Estrella who has married Harry while he was in prison. Harry challenges Hugo to a dual. Estrella realises how much she loves her husband and she tries to protect Harry with her own body, However, they both die. Hugo ends his life under the wheels of a train. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)

Note

The film materials are believed lost.

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Max Urban

Director of Photography

Max Urban

Production info

Original Title

Estrella

Czech Title

Estrella

English Title

Estrella

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1913

Production Year

1913

Premiere

premiere 12 December 1913

Production

ASUM

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

ASUM

Technical info

Duration typology

medium length film

Duration in minutes

32 min

Original length in metres

1 120 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,33

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech