Gipsy Blood (1911 film)

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| name =Gipsy Blood

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| director = Urban Gad

| producer =

| writer = Urban Gad

| starring = Asta Nielsen
{{ill|Georg Schrader|de}}
Leo Peukert

| music =

| editing =

| cinematography = Guido Seeber

| studio = Deutsche Bioscop
PAGU

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| released = {{Film date|1911|04|17|df=yes}}

| runtime = 42 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = Silent
German intertitles

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Gipsy Blood (German: Heißes Blut) is a 1911 German silent drama film directed and written by Urban Gad and starring Asta Nielsen, {{ill|Georg Schrader|de}}, and Leo Peukert.{{cite web |title=HEISSES BLUT |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/det-hede-blod |website=Danish Film Institute |access-date=30 March 2024}}

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.{{cite book |last1=Nielsen |first1=Asta |title=Die schweigende Muse |date=1992 |publisher=Henschel |isbn=3362005969}}

Plot

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

Asta Nielsen as Jonna
{{ill|Georg Schrader|de}} as Chauffeur
Leo Peukert as Jonna’s husband

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0132209}}

Category:1911 films

Category:Films directed by Urban Gad

Category:German silent feature films

Category:Films of the German Empire

Category:German black-and-white films

Category:1910s German films

Category:1911 lost films