The Conrad Veidt Society
The play DON CARLOS was first produced in 1787. For the 1924 movie version, severla characters were excised, and much of their 'business' given to other characters. Domingo, confessor to the King; Count Lerma, the colonel of the royal bodyguard; the Marchioness de Mondecar, an attendant to the Queen; Don Raimond de Taxis, the postmaster general; Don Louis Mercado, physician to the Queen; and the Duke of Medina Sidonia, admiral of the King's fleet.
MY REVIEW
Sumptuously mounted - but a pretty boring film. Don Carlos's character is just too weak. His father, Philip, deposed the king, but all Carlos does is moan and whine and skulk. His inactivity gets on your nerves. Some nice staging effects - when Carlos and Elisabeth are attempting to flee the castle and open a pair of huge doors, it reveals practically the entire court waiting for them on the stairs.
NOTES OF INTEREST
Veidt's film countdown
This was Conrad Veidt's 63rd film.
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BOOKS
Order Don Carlos and Marie Stuart by Schiller from Amazon.com: HERE.
OrderWilhelm Tell by Schiller from Amazon.com: HERE.
OrderThe Robbers and Wallenstein by Schiller from Amazon.com: HERE.
Order Friedrich Schiller Plays : Intrigue and Love and Don Carlos by Walter Hinderer HERE.
MY REVIEW
Sumptuously mounted -
NOTES OF INTEREST
Veidt's film countdown
This was Conrad Veidt's 63rd film.
Return to Top
BOOKS
Order Don Carlos and Marie Stuart by Schiller from Amazon.com: HERE.
OrderWilhelm Tell by Schiller from Amazon.com: HERE.
OrderThe Robbers and Wallenstein by Schiller from Amazon.com: HERE.
Order Friedrich Schiller Plays : Intrigue and Love and Don Carlos by Walter Hinderer HERE.
Carlos und Elisabeth-
