Das Haupt des Juarez (1920)
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Joseph Klein, Sascha Gura, Eduard von Winterstein, Else Kupfer, Adele Sandrock, Hermann Vallentin, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Lothar Müthel, Josef Delmore
A rebel leading a peasant uprising faces arrest and an apparently inevitable execution as his wife struggles to save him.
The story
In mid-19th-century Spain, hunger weighs heavily on the people, especially the peasants, and unrest begins to shake the country. Juarez Bellota emerges as an agitator among the rebels and leads a peasant uprising. His parents had earlier been expelled for revolutionary activities and settled just across the border. Teresa Bellota stands by her husband and supports his struggle for greater justice. The authorities eventually arrest Juarez and accuse him of conspiracy, setting up a desperate effort by Teresa to save him from the fate that appears to await him.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Spain in the mid-19th century. The people, and especially the peasants, are suffering greatly from hunger. Unrest then begins to shake the country. Juarez Bellota is the agitator among the rebels, and he takes the lead in a peasant uprising. His parents had once been expelled from the country for revolutionary activities and settled just across the border. Teresa Bellota stands firmly by her husband and supports him in his struggle for greater justice. One day, the authorities arrest Juarez and charge him with conspiracy. His fate has been sealed from the outset: he is to lose his head! Teresa tries in vain to save her husband from this cruel fate. In the final scene, the peasant rebel is led onto the platform with the scaffold and publicly beheaded before a large crowd of onlookers, who throw their arms into the air.
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