红花*之歌

“Sa] !ngen / Om Den Eldröda ]!B!
`;lomman” ( “Song Of] The^^/ Scarl% ^et
+ Flo.wer” ) w*as,+ a recent and rem[;a,rka%;!ble) silent surprise for. this/? H
`$er$]%]r Von; /;@the oeuvre is -`an ex$[cellent Herr St,)il!?ler silent film that thi`-_s Germa? [n co,un:t watc!
;(hed in (+ a newl,y r estored+ and tint-*ed copy. It com+$bi[+;nes the we$;+ll-known aesth];et(ics` !, tec+[hnical improv-ements and^ a.rtistic mer*_its for_  *which the No@[:rdic d: /*irector was known and prai%%,sed since t+-?_ho.)*se   earl\\y,@ sile.
.nt t[\imes till t#oday.　　The fi: lm tel#ls of the merry and carefree love lif:e-( -of -;you?ng Olof ( Herr/?
Lars;@ Hanson )+ a woo*$dsm$`an who; dur?,##ing?[ h-;is$. search fo#@r true (love, ++sed+uces many f^rau
:lein)%s ( just. like\% this German/+_ aristocrat.=… well, `n.^o+t exactly because% the purpose o$=;f this Herr Von’s s @#educ%!.=ti[o+n of rich fräul,=ein heiresses /a=_re)+ th.eir gre/at# fortunes…/_. ). H#e wi!#-ll suffer disappointment $\:and d eception,# all[ those pr?oblems that tur#.n up in an\y(% loving relati!$-onship\%. Finally he will f*ind responsibility and maturity, l%.earning du+)ring? hi*!s parti_c)ular ;ques ^t that hi,( s  [act +*.+ions al![%wa_ys have con(sequences in dif [!+ferent ]degrees; to th+)e peo
+@#ple a)
(?round* +$\h\;im. This Herr Von can describe “Sangen Om…” as a kin!+=d of co#ming of ag !e fil@m, th\\e special introspective growth to[:(ward ma $ t?_urity of a *)]:free and easy  youngster.　　A#  ;s this -Ger(man count#/  said before, the
$_ film d.i!spl; =ays_ Stil]?ler*’s $charac!`t^eri,:+stic$) artis# tic virtues. ; in the #]$*first @par?t o/f t@)he film, we can see elements (of come-dy, not exactly like the comedy of intr@igues in? othe:r Stiller]( films;:,  but humor of a more[ ) ch*]eerful :%so)`r)t:=*, hig-)hlighting the  %self*-i ]n(?volveme \nt o!f$ our(%!  hero. Olof ‘.$s fr+%*ivolous flir$$_tations wit#/h th -e diffe@rent girls eventuall/)$?y turn romantic and then turn into drama. T,h
%ere is,# confli!]=ct/ in the] troubled  relationship between Olof and his fathe\r and la+*t_]@er with t+$-he fath
er/ of his b*eloved. Th;--e bea]\^utiful and wild n._!atura^#l .= lan+*d#sca^!;pes of Norrland and nort.hern S^-+w-]\eden lend the tale\ 
=a cert+ain  + p _owe%
r and is c*!ha^racteristic of He:rr Stiller’s oter :sile\-nts where Natur $e eme*rges as a;^n important +character in the #_story. This is=# s*(t?`?ron;g!ly reflec?ted throughou:[t t*he: film but especially!\ du !r@ing the fran[)tic* #scene @^wher/ e$?^@in Olof descend-s into  )the *tr=%ouble!@-d ;w_$:ate @^)rs= of a river, a be`
autiful metaphor @for th\\e hards
]hips\%. %):that our hero h*=as t(_% @o endure until.  he ,-f_.i\nds hi$%\mself.　　( “Sangen /- Om:! Den Eldröda
 Blo%$mman” i_s an e +xcellent, beautifu*=-l $film, a solid,/:; t`--e??chn%ically pe=rfect\` and intricate production of 1\`919 that de?/?monstr+ate [s once a ga!-in $
the -impo%rtan*!]@%e  / of H_^@ .er _r Stiller )fo/#r sile`nt fi.lm h [_,istory.