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Das Mirakel
Directed byMax Reinhardt
Cherry Kearton
Produced byMax Reinhardt
Written byKarl Vollmöller
Joseph Menchen
StarringMaria Carmi
Douglas Payne
Ernst Matray
Joseph Klein
Release date(s)December 21, 1912
Running time30 minutes
Country Germany
LanguageSilent film
German intertitles
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This article is about the 1912 movie. For the play see Das Mirakel (play)


Das Mirakel aka "The Miracle," is a short movie directed by Cherry Kearton and Max Reinhardt and released in 1912. It is best known for its experimental use of sound.

The film was adapted by Joseph Menchen from a play by Karl Vollmöller and starred Vollmöller's wife Maria Carmi as the Madonna. It is one of two movie versions of the play released in 1912 (see below). There would not be another film version of it for nearly fifty years.

Talking pictures were not available or practical until 1927's The Jazz Singer, although filmmakers had begun experimenting with mixing sounds and pictures as early as 1895. One such experiment was Das Mirakel. Kearton's pioneering talking film was an adapted version of the 1911 Max Reinhardt stage spectacular of the same name. Based on the legend of a statue of the Virgin Mary coming to life to replace a wayward nun, the original stage version ran nearly three hours. Kearton's adaptation was pared down to three reels, concentrating on the most famous of the dialogue sequences, although there were few of those. The play was thus essentially a pantomime with music by Engelbert Humperdinck. It is said that only the words spoken by the actors were pre-recorded (on a disc, not on film). The other sounds - footsteps, closing doors, church bells - were conveyed live during the screening along with the musical accompaniment. The actual film reel itself was silent since filmmakers had not yet discovered how to put a sound track on film. [1]

The movie was filmed entirely on location in the grounds of Kreuzenstein Castle and at the Cathedral of Pechtoldsdorf in Vienna, Austria. It was shot in black and white 35mm and ran for about 30 minutes. The film premiered in Germany on December 21, 1912. [2]

Second 1912 Silent Version

A second, but lesser known, silent film version of Das Mirakel was made by the production company Continental-Kunstfilm GmbH in 1912. It was directed by Mime Misu and starred Lore Giesen, Mime Misu, and Anton Ernst Rückert. The cinematographer was Emil Schünemann. The film is also known as Alte Legende - Eine Das Marienwunder (Germany) and Marienwunder - Das Eine alte Legende (Germany) [3] [4]

1959 Technicolor Version

Main article: The Miracle (1959 film)
The film was loosely remade by Warner Bros. as The Miracle in 1959, a two-hour Technicolor epic starring Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Katina Paxinou and Vittorio Gassman.

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Cherry Kearton, (1871 - 1940) was born in the small Yorkshire Dales (Swaledale) village of Thwaite, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, was one of the world's earliest wildlife photographers and writers. Cherry died in 1940 after reading for the BBC's Children's Hour.
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