Don Cesar, Count of Irun (1918)

Directed by

Luise Fleck

Genre

silent film

Country

Austria–Hungary

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent film set in 17th century Spain. A nobleman faces romantic and political intrigues. The story is adapted from an opera.

dramaticromantichistoricallight-heartedmelodramaticfast-pacedswashbucklingnostalgic

What happens

Don Cesar, Count of Irun (German: Don Cäsar, Graf von Irun) is a 1918 Austrian silent historical film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Max Neufeld, Grit Haid and Karl Ehmann. It is based on the opera Don César de Bazan by Philippe Dumanoir and Adolphe d'Ennery, based on Ruy Blas, an earlier work by Victor Hugo. It was made and released during the closing stages of the First World War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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