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Nerven/Nerves (1919)

Posted By: serpmolot
Date: 1 Jun 2011 13:14:48
Nerven/Nerves (1919)

Nerven/Nerves (1919)
DVD9 | Run time: ~110 min | MPEG2 720x576 PAL 4:3 ~6500 kbps avg | 6.73 GB
audio#1: Silent | Dolby AC3 1 ch ~64 Kbps | audio#2: Piano score by Joachim Barenz | Dolby AC3 2 ch ~224 Kbps | Intertitles: German
Sub: Russian, English, French
Drama, Silent

In Nerven, writer-director-producer Robert Reinert tried to capture the "nervous epidemic" caused by war and misery which "drives people mad". This unique portrait of the life in 1919 Germany, filmed on location in Munich, describes the cases of different people from all levels of society: Factory owner Roloff who looses his mind in view of catastrophies and social disturbances, teacher John who is the hero of the masses and Marja who turns into a radical revolutionary. Using different fragments the Munich Film Museum could reconstruct this forgotten German classic which is a historic document and anticipates already elements of the Expressionist cinema of the 1920s.


Having a more complete version of Nerven available is a wonderful contribution to our understanding of film history. The standard version was known to very few students of cinema, and though it was impressive, it was somewhat incoherent. We are still lacking a lot of footage, but Stefan Droessler and his team have added what they could and arranged the sequences into a more intelligible order. The quality of the restoration, moreover, makes the film's visual style even more vivid and unsettling. Released shortly before The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nerven ought to have entered the Expressionist canon. Its themes echo the movement's post-Romantic attack on capitalism and the modern conception of the anguished soul. Its narrative plays out the implications of such icons of Expressionist art as convulsive crowds and men's homicidal urges toward women. Just as important, the film's pictorial design finds an original way to convey the tale's emotional tenor, the sense of nervous anxiety strung ever tighter. Significantly, Reinert achieves a unique look without recourse to the painted sets of Caligari, but through a unique use of other cinematic resources.


Nerven 1919, 110'
Chapter selection
Piano score by Joachim Barenz
Side-by-side comparison of the different fragments: Marja's wedding preparations 5'
Side-by-side comparison of the different fragments: At the nerve specialist's 8'
Side-by-side comparison of the different fragments: Roloff's paranoia 6'
Bilder von der Volksbewegung in Munchen 1919, 3'
Munchen im Zeichen der Raterepublik 1919, 11'
Posters, stills and lobby cards
Booklet with essays by Jan-Christopher Horak, Stefan Drossler and David Bordwell

Director: Robert Reinert
Stars: Eduard von Winterstein, Lya Boree, Erna Morena, Paul Bender, Lili Dominici, Rio Ellbon
Production land: Germany
IMDb 6.8 (42 votes)
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