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Gipsy Blood (1911 film)

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Gipsy Blood
Directed byUrban Gad
Written byUrban Gad
StarringAsta Nielsen
Georg Schrader [de]
Leo Peukert
CinematographyGuido Seeber
Production
companies
Release date
  • 17 April 1911 (1911-04-17)
Running time
42 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Gipsy Blood (German: Heißes Blut) is a 1911 German silent drama film directed and written by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen, Georg Schrader [de], and Leo Peukert.[1]

It was Asta Nielsen’s first film in Germany following the success of The Abyss. It was shot at the Deutsche Bioscope studios at 123 Chausseestraße in Berlin.[2]

Plot

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Jonna, a married woman with a daughter, begins an affair with their chauffeur. Her husband discovers this and fires the chauffeur and files for divorce. Jonna falls into a life of poverty and in an act of desperation steals from her ex-husband. He calls the police but their daughter, who is ill, recognises her mother and calls out for her. Jonna realises the error of her ways and her duties as a mother. Her husband forgives her and takes her back.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "HEISSES BLUT". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  2. ^ Nielsen, Asta (1992). Die schweigende Muse. Henschel. ISBN 3362005969.
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