Decameron Nights (1924 film)

Decameron Nights

Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Produced by Erich Pommer
Herbert Wilcox
Written by Giovanni Boccaccio (novel)
Robert McLoughlin
Boyle Lawrence
Noel Rhys
Herbert Wilcox
Starring Lionel Barrymore
Ivy Duke
Werner Krauss
Bernhard Goetzke
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography Theodor Sparkuhl
Production
company
Graham-Wilcox Productions
UFA
Distributed by Decla-Film
UFA (US)
Release dates
  • 1 September 1924 (1924-09-01)
Country Weimar Republic
United Kingdom
Language English

Decameron Nights is a 1924 British-German silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke and Werner Krauss.[1] It is based on the novel Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Cast

Critical reception

In The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall wrote, "Decameron Nights, as it comes to the screen, is a tedious pictorial story with some good scenic effects and at least two good performances. The whole subject, however, lacks any suggestion of dramatic value, and one may therefore find time to ponder on many things that are not in the least connected with the picture...Werner Krauss figures as the Soldan and Lionel Barrymore plays the Soldan's son, Saladin. The narrative includes a slothful account of the Soldan's wish, or, rather, his command, that Saladin marry the daughter of the King of Algrave. Saladin, who, although he is begemmed and turbaned, does very much the same thing that sons do in this day—he falls in love with another girl, Perdita, and the old Soldan is so furious that, after kissing his son, he stabs the young man. And that ends the yarn. Mr. Barrymore does what he is able in the circumstances, but his work is not brilliant. Mr. Krauss acts exceedingly well, but most of his manoeuvrings are far from interesting." [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30938
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0DE3D6173CE73ABC4151DFB3668383639EDE

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