Forbidden Paradise
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Date: January 01, 1924 to December 31, 1924
Dates Note: 1924
Country of Origin:
United States
Place of Origin: United States
Languages:
Silent
Color: B&W
Silent: Yes
Based On: a play by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel
Additional Info:
Restored by The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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Film Preservation: Celebrating The Film FoundationDescription:
“American cinema seemed to achieve perfection at that time (the 1920s): perfection of the cut, perfection of the stitching, perfection of the fabric. . . . Ernst Lubitsch was, in our memory, the man whose oeuvre will someday symbolize this perfection, this flawless style that was the distinctive feature of this art” (Henri Langlois). Lubitsch’s long-unavailable Forbidden Paradise brims with comic touches, as officer Alexei saves the czarina from revolutionary conspirators and is rewarded with her love. It represents a crucial refinement toward the “Lubitsch touch.”
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