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| Writing for '']'' in 1936, ] gave the film a reserved middling review, praising the first twenty minutes as "admirable", but expressed his view that Pola Negri's performance for the remained of the film was "deliberately guy" by director Forst. Greene complained that "Negri may be unwise to return to the films, but it is a cruel idea of fun to guy for the pleasure of audiences who have forgotten ". Unusually for Greene, he also provided a second opinion from Sydney Carroll's '']'' which lavished praise on Negri's performance and advised "every pert little miss who fancies herself an embryo star" to pay close attention to the authentic vividness Negri brought to the role.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Greene|first= Graham|authorlink= Graham Greene|date= 5 February 1937|title= Sensation/Mazurka|url= |journal= ]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book |editor-last= Taylor|editor-first= John Russell |editor-link= John Russell Taylor|date= 1980|title= The Pleasure Dome|url= |location= |publisher= Oxford University Press|pages= 130-131|isbn=0192812866}})</ref> | Writing for '']'' in 1936, ] gave the film a reserved middling review, praising the first twenty minutes as "admirable", but expressed his view that Pola Negri's performance for the remained of the film was "deliberately guy" by director Forst. Greene complained that "Negri may be unwise to return to the films, but it is a cruel idea of fun to guy for the pleasure of audiences who have forgotten ". Unusually for Greene, he also provided a second opinion from Sydney Carroll's '']'' review which lavished praise on Negri's performance and advised "every pert little miss who fancies herself an embryo star" to pay close attention to the authentic vividness Negri brought to the role.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Greene|first= Graham|authorlink= Graham Greene|date= 5 February 1937|title= Sensation/Mazurka|url= |journal= ]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book |editor-last= Taylor|editor-first= John Russell |editor-link= John Russell Taylor|date= 1980|title= The Pleasure Dome|url= |location= |publisher= Oxford University Press|pages= 130-131|isbn=0192812866}})</ref> | ||
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1935 film| Mazurka | |
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| Directed by | Willi Forst |
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| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Edited by | Hans Wolff |
| Music by | Peter Kreuder |
| Production company | Cine-Allianz |
| Distributed by | Rota-Film |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Mazurka is a 1935 German drama film directed by Willi Forst and starring Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals and Ingeborg Theek. A woman is put on trial for murdering a predatory musician. It takes its name from the Mazurka, a Polish folk dance.
Warner Brothers Studios acquired the U.S. distribution rights but shelved the film in favor of its own scene-by-scene 1937 English language remake, Confession, which starred Kay Francis. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm. It was partly shot on location in Warsaw. The film was made by Cine-Allianz whose Jewish owners Arnold Pressburger and Gregor Rabinovitch were dispossessed during pre-production of the film.
Cast
- Pola Negri as Vera, a singer
- Albrecht Schoenhals as Grigorij Michailow
- Ingeborg Theek as Lisa
- Franziska Kinz as Mother
- Paul Hartmann as Boris Kierow
- Hans Hermann Schaufuss as Verteidiger
- Inge List as Hilde
- Friedrich Kayßler as Der Vorsitzende
- Georg Georgi
- Antonie Jaeckel
Reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a reserved middling review, praising the first twenty minutes as "admirable", but expressed his view that Pola Negri's performance for the remained of the film was "deliberately guy" by director Forst. Greene complained that "Negri may be unwise to return to the films, but it is a cruel idea of fun to guy for the pleasure of audiences who have forgotten ". Unusually for Greene, he also provided a second opinion from Sydney Carroll's The Sunday Times review which lavished praise on Negri's performance and advised "every pert little miss who fancies herself an embryo star" to pay close attention to the authentic vividness Negri brought to the role.
References
- Kotowski p. 173–176
- Greene, Graham (5 February 1937). "Sensation/Mazurka". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0192812866.)
Bibliography
- Kotowski, Mariusz (2014). Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4489-4.
External links
| Willi Forst filmography | |
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