Doña Juana is a 1927 German silent comedy drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Walter Rilla, and Hertha von Walther.[1] It was based on a Spanish play by Tirso de Molina.[2] The adaptation was done by Béla Balázs, who later tried to have his name removed from the credits because he disliked the finished version of the film.[3] The film was shot on location around Seville and Granada in southern Spain.

Doña Juana
Directed byPaul Czinner
Written by
Produced by
  • Paul Czinner
  • Elisabeth Bergner
Starring
Cinematography
Music byGiuseppe Becce
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 1927 (1927)
CountryGermany
Languages

Plot

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The story is based on a traditional seventeenth century play about a nobleman who educates his daughter to be raised as a boy, leading to a series of confusions in her romantic life.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Kracauer p.158
  2. ^ Schmitt p.54
  3. ^ Congdon p.119

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
  • Congdon, Lee. Exile and Social Thought: Hungarian Intellectuals in Germany and Austria, 1919-1933. Princeton University Press, 2014.
  • Kracauer, Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film. Princeton University Press, 2019.
  • Schmitt, Gavin. Karl Freund: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2022.
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