Chaste Susanne (1926)

Original title

Die keusche Susanne

Directed by

Richard Eichberg

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent comedy based on an operetta about a young woman whose reputation is questioned after a series of mistaken identities and comedic misunderstandings. She and her love interest navigate the resulting chaos with humor and wit.

lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedwhimsicalcharmingromanticbreezyold-fashioned

What happens

Chaste Susanne (German: Die keusche Susanne) is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Ruth Weyher. It is based on the 1910 operetta Die keusche Susanne composed by Jean Gilbert with a libretto by Georg Okonkowski. In Britain it was released under the alternative title The Girl in the Taxi in reference to The Girl in the Taxi in the English version of the operetta. The film's art direction is by Jacek Rotmil. It was filmed at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It marked the first pairing of Harvey and Fritsch who went on to become the leading screen couple in Weimar and early Nazi cinema. The film premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo and was a smash hit on its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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