Ernst ist das Leben (1916)
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Fern Andra, Alfred Abel, Frida Richard, Fritz Delius
A gifted dancer’s rapid rise to the stage brings a new love—and strains her existing engagement.
The story
Fany, the daughter of a flower seller, is engaged to Fritz, an employee at an engineering firm. Through Dr. Thielen, she meets a ballet master who recognizes her dancing talent and trains her. Fany’s career develops quickly, and she becomes a soloist at the theater. During a performance, a fire breaks out, and the young sculptor Holger saves her life. The two grow closer, creating tension with Fritz, who objects when Holger wants Fany to pose for him.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Fany, the daughter of a flower seller, is engaged to Fritz, an employee at an engineering firm. Through Dr. Thielen, a physician, she meets a ballet master who discovers her dancing talent and trains her. She quickly builds a career as a ballerina and rises to become a soloist at the theater. One evening, when a fire breaks out during a performance, it is the young sculptor Holger who saves her life. Before long, the two grow closer than her fiancé would like. Holger wants Fany to pose for him, but, as expected, Fritz objects. Things turn out as they must: Fany’s engagement to Fritz is broken off, and she marries Holger. But after a brief period of happiness, the marriage is under an unlucky star. They grow estranged, and Holger is unfaithful while Fany suffers quietly. One evening, she catches her husband in flagrante in a private booth with another woman. Even so, Fany tries to save her marriage, but her husband rejects all her efforts. Fany dies of a broken heart.
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