Der Geiger von Florenz
The young Renée is a bubbly, fun-loving, young woman. She has a very close relationship with her young father, the worse her relationship with her stepmother is.
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"Elisabeth Bergner is probably best remembered (in Britain, at least) for playing Rosalind in 'As You Like It', a role for which she spent most of her screen time cross-dressed as Ganymede, the counterfeit boy. She wasn't convincing as a boy in that film, but the theatrical artifice of Shakespeare's verse made her imposture seem acceptable. Here, in her earlier film 'The Fiddler of Florence', Bergner also spends most of her screen time in boy-garb, interacting with characters who genuinely believe her to be a boy. This is a silent film, so Bergner isn't requir..."
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No copies of the original negative are known to exist and for a long time the film could only be seen in a heavily cut version or with Russian intertitles. In 2017 and 2018, the film was restored to its full length by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau foundation based on a copy used for British screenings.
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The young Renée is a bubbly, fun-loving, young woman. She has a very close relationship with her young father, the worse her relationship with her stepmother is.