Marizza
Sign in to saveMarizza (full title Marizza, called the Smuggler Madonna, ) is a 1922 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. The film is considered to be lost, though the Cineteca Nazionale film archive possesses a fragmentary print of the first reel. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter.
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5.8All men are under lovely Maritza's spell.Tired of working for the old woman Yelina, who forces her to cajole customs officials to help the smugglers, she flees and finds work at Mrs. Avricolos' farm. Mostly lost, one reel survives.
Released: 1922-01-1950 minDir: F. W. MurnauDrama
Cast
- Tzwetta Tzatschewa as Marizza
- Adele Sandrock as Mrs. Avricolos
- Max Nemetz as Grischuk
- Harry Frank
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
- Leonhard Haskel
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1920
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- Screenwriter
- Hans Janowitz
- Cast member
- Max Nemetz
- Cinematographer
- Karl Freund
- Duration
- +95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 533049
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Marizza (full title Marizza, called the Smuggler Madonna, ) is a 1922 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. The film is considered to be lost, though the Cineteca Nazionale film archive possesses a fragmentary print of the first reel. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter.
==Plot== Marizza (Tzwetta Tzatschewa) is a beautiful young woman who works as a potato-picker on a farm owned by an old woman, Yelina (Maria Forescu). They are forced to sell their potatoes to Pietro Scarzella (Leonhard Haskel), a wealthy merchant who has a monopoly on the potato market and takes advantage of all the farmers. To avoid the low prices Scarzella offers, Yelina often sells her potatoes to smugglers. Marizza flirts with smugglers Mirko (Albrecht Viktor Blum) and Grischuk (Max Nemetz) so they will take Yelina's crop. The local police officer, Haslinger (Toni Zimmerer), loves Marizza and is too distracted by her to stop the smugglers.