Germany, France, 1932
87m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Sound System), German
A German/French fantasy film directed by G.W. Pabst. Three versions were made at the same time, one in German, one in French and one in English.
Plot Summary
A pair of French Foreign Legionnaires are lost in the Sahara Desert until they stumble upon a lost underground civilisation, the fabled lost city of Atlantis ruled over by an evil queen.
Credits are taken from a French print.
Credits
Crew
A Film by: G.W. Pabst
Romain Pinès presents a film by G.W. Pabst
Societe Internationale Cinematographique
Adaptation: Alexandre Arnoux, L. Vajda [real name: Ladislao Vajda]
Dialogue by: Jacques Deval
Based on the Book by: Pierre Benoît
Photography: E. Schufftan [real name: Eugen Schüfftan], J. Barth
Editor: H. Oser [real name: Jean Oser]
Sound: A. Jansen
Music by: W. Zeller [real name: Wolfgang Zeller]
Art Director: Metzner [real name: Ernö Metzner]
Cast
Brigitte Helm (Antinéa)
Pierre Blanchar (Saint-Avit)
Tela Chai
Georges Tourreil
Vl. Sokoloff [real name: Wladimir Sokoloff]
M. Wiemann
Jean Angelo (Morhange)
Florelle [real name: Odette Florelle] (Clémentine)
Alternative Titles
Atlântida – Portugal
La Atlántida – Spain
Atlantide – Italy
L’Atlantide – France
Atlantis királynője – Hungary
Atlantis – Greece, Turkey
Atlantyda – Poland
Die Herrin von Atlantis – Germany
Herskerinnen over Atlantis – Norway
Queen of Atlantis – World-wide
Атлантида – Soviet Union
Links
Extracts included in
Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014)
See also
Antinea, l’amante della città sepolta (1961)
L’Atlantide (1921)
Siren of Atlantis (1949)
References
Periodicals
- Cinema Quarterly vol.1 no.1 (Autumn 1932) p.32
- CinémAction no.111 (2004) pp.12-23 – lllustrated article (Le cinéma colonial revisité by Denise Brahimi)
- Classic Images no.324 (June 2002) pp.32 – video review (Video views by John Nangle)
- Eco del Cinema vol.4 no.57 (30 September 1953) pp.2
- Écran Fantastique no.58 (July 1985) pp.54-69; 67 – article; credits
- Télérama no.2326 (10 August 1994) p.82 – illustrated credits, review (by Jacques Siclier)
- The Picturegoer vol.3 no.110 (1 July 1933) p.23
