Orphan of Lowood

Orphan of Lowood
Orphan of Lowood
Directed by	Curtis Bernhardt
Written by	Henry Koster;
Based on	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Produced by	Julius Sternheim
Starring	Evelyn Holt; Olaf Fønss; Dina Diercks; Jenny Marba;
Cinematography	Charles Métain; Sophus Wangöe;
Music by	Felix Bartsch
Production; company	Sternheim Film
Distributed by	Filmhaus Bruckmann
Release date	5 December 1926
Running time	length unknown
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent ; German intertitles

Orphan of Lowood (German: Die Waise von Lowood) is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Evelyn Holt, Olaf Fønss and Dina Diercks.^[2] It is based on the 1847 British novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and is the last of at least eight silent film adaptations of the novel. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Marienfelde. Director Bernhardt, a Jew wanted by the Gestapo, escaped from Nazi Germany and immigrated to Hollywood (via England) where he directed films for MGM, RKO, Columbia Pictures and Warner Brothers.^[3]

Plot[edit]

Jane Eyre falls in love with the eccentric Lord Edward Rochester, not realizing he has his mentally ill wife locked up in the attic.

Cast[edit]

Evelyn Holt as Jane Eyre
Olaf Fønss as Lord Edward Rochester
Dina Diercks as Blanche Ingram
Jenny Marba as Lady Fairfax
Rosa Valetti as Grace Poole
Adele Sandrock as Lady Ingram
Charles Lincoln as Leutnant Eshrom
Harry Nestor as Richard Mason
Fritz Rasp as Brocklehurst
Hermine Sterler as Lehrerin
Evi Moog as Child
Christel Adam as Child

References[edit]

^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Bock & Bergfelder p.41
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

Bibliography[edit]

Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Koepnick, Lutz. The Dark Mirror: German Cinema Between Hitler and Hollywood.University of California Press, 2002.