Lady Godiva (1921 film)

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Lady Godiva
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Directed by Hubert Moest
Written by Ernst Frank
Arthur Rehbein
Based on"Godiva"
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Produced by Walter Caspary
Starring Hedda Vernon
Eduard von Winterstein
Cinematography Kurt Lande
Production
company
Aß-Film
Distributed byHoros-Film
Release date
  • 14 April 1921 (1921-04-14)
CountryGermany
LanguageSilent (German intertitles)

Lady Godiva is a 1921 German silent historical film directed by Hubert Moest and starring Hedda Vernon and Eduard von Winterstein. [1]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, [2] Leofric, a cruel earl of England, threatens a cruel death to the father of the beautiful Lady Godiva (Vernon) if she does not agree to marry him. She then suffers indignities because of her determination to be a wife in name only. The people of Coventry plead with her to intervene with her husband after he threatens to burn down their homes. She succeeds, but only on the condition that she ride unclad on a white horse through the town. She does this, but the earl has disregarded the temper of the people. His palace is undermined and collapses, killing all the people inside. Lady Godiva, warned by the court jester, escapes before the catastrophe, and is reunited with her love, the architect.

Cast

Reception

The film was distributed in the United States in 1922, but was barred from the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Classification. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Bock & Bergfelder p. 535
  2. ↑ "Reviews: Lady Godiva". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (14): 57. 1 April 1922.
  3. ↑ Gorgievski, Sandra (2020), "Lady Godiva on Film: Icon of Faith, Icon of Feminism or Erotic Simulacrum", in Harty, Kevin J. (ed.), Medieval Women on Film: Essays on Gender, Cinema and History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, pp. 132, 136, ISBN   978-1-4766-6844-4

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