Review of The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927) by Andrey B — 04 Sep 2017
The love of Soviet culture and its influence on German screen is obvious watching these late 20's German movies. The story by Ilya Ehrenburg is very impressive and suspenseful, even though it is said to be heavily edited for the screen.
Realism blends with melodrama and is seasoned with detective elements. The movie is an attempt to create a popular type of film, unconventional to the German screen, which was wide spread then in the West.
The attempt was successful: the film is riveting and pleasant to watch, with excellent acting, especially the blind girl (Bridgitte Helm) and the villain Khalibiev. The film also tries to showcase the diseases of society commonplace then: greediness, suspicion, callousness.
This review of The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927) was written by Andrey B on 04 Sep 2017.
The Love of Jeanne Ney has generally received positive reviews.
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