红花*之歌

简介

“Sangen Om Den+ =Eld-röda Blomman” )( “Son^"^g =Of The Scarlet Flo'"wer” .,) was a recent and remarkable silent@<. -su'+rpris;e %`/for t(,his/ _He#\r=
r Vo-.n;, the\<^+ oeuvre is an ex[\?cellent Her,r Stille*-r silent film t(hat t]&h -is G)e[<rma'>n count watched in/
/ ? )a newly @%r/!%estored and tin_. _ted copy. It&
/ [com!@
bin+@es the well+-kn=@!o'wn ae[*/sthetics
] /, tech%nical / improvem (]=ents and a
rtistic merit_([s for which the N<;ordic direc++t; -o*).r was k?"nown and p`+
.rai*@se$#d since those earl y si:[$lent](@ times till today.]?　　The_$ fi!!lm !@ t );+ell]s of the *merry and car>:ef <ree love ,_@life'= of $young Olof ( Herr Lar( s H=<anson ) a wood`sman who d?ur!`ing his sea! rch for true lo`,'
ve,??( s$educe's m  <any
-_ fra-+uleins ( 'jus't li]ke thi_@s:\&$ G+;];erm
"an aris;\tocrat=… we]$ll, not &%'e! /]xactly !+
b+ec=a,#use t@-he pur=-pose o(f this Herr V["_;on’s seducti[$on of !?[rich frä^"ulein h<-^eiress?<es ;.are their-# grea?t fortunes… ). % H>^e wi/_;ll suffe r*$/ disappoin_tmen$[+t "%and @ deception,][ '!(all those?( problems that turn up,\, in any lovi;ng relationship. Fin'$_ally he wi(ll find responsib/ility and[>> maturi )ty, learning?'' during his \p`#+ar)+t']"i;!cular quest that,
h/ is a_>"ctions alwa(>ys have con
+[sequences in `;+differe*<&nt [\;\;de\g)>(rees +><to the peopl,e around hi^)m. ^$[)=This He;rr .%/.Von can de "\scribe “S<_>an: gen Om…<” as a kind of 
coming% o_f age film,@, ' the special introspective gr*\owt[h towar[
d ma\)tu,?_rity of a+ fre""%e and
)eas!y&_ youngster.　　As this German co+(unt said be@fore>%<, the $fil`m:- di+%splays Still$er’<.s charact&e(=risti%c ar(,_tistic virtues. ; in the$;` f`]@?irs
`t;
( part of `the fil(:-m, 
^;we ca&()n see eleme;>]nts of com
/edy[/, not e&xac"tly like ,the c.omed #y of intrigues in other Stil-ler ,(f;ilms, bu__<t humor of a
"m. ore cheerful sort, hig`\/<hlightin)=g t#,"he se(!`lf-i? nvolvement of our `-hero):. Olof ‘s fr i ""volous flirt ations with] the[ different gir@ls e<'*v*\entually t](,urn ro'%m!>antic an$ d th@ en turn int$,; o drama. There is co
n@:fli[@&$ct i n th;- e troubl`ed& relat?(i=$onshi-p betw`#een Olo:f and\ his father and later with !/ (th?^e father o'?;f h_:()is
( b^\eloved. The b)?eauti@*+ful and [.wild@#' natu'_ral land.<scapes of Nor.$rland and northern Sweden ;'
lend t:"?he`; .> tale a certain p !%\ow#er and is charac< &teris+*%ti[c +]]of Herr Sti]*ll\%@=er’s other silents where#/ Nature emerges as an importa<nt c%haracter in th
]
['e stor]y. This*$ __is stron]'^gly r?eflected t`\/hroughout the fil'=#$_m but especia
\ lly during the<`! frantic scene wher<#+ein( Olof )`]:`descend
^s into the troubled )wate rs of ?a river, a [*beautiful metaphor for,
 the hard?shi\")ps that our ?'hero ha](="\s to endur"< e until h(</e f.`=(ind$; s himself.　　“Sa.;.ngen :_ 'Om" Den Eldröda Blo;_%m&%man<” is  =+an excell>ent, b.=?eautiful film, a solid, techni$c>^ ally perfect and in\);t=`r_ %
icat e p:`r];oduc=%!]tion of 1919 t?&hat demon=strates o[nce ag `-ain >:the im@p#ortance of Herr #
Still;%er for sile )n` +t+( film h&is*t([o`ry.