The Pride of the Firm

Name: Der Stolz der Firma
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1914-07-31
Duration: 47 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Ernst Lubitsch, Victor Arnold, Martha Kriwitz

Original title: Der Stolz der Firma

19141914
47min

5.3/10

Comedy

In the role that brought him stardom, future director Lubitsch is a bumbling provincial who loses his clothing store gig after breaking a window.But moving on to classier Berlin, he becomes ... Read allIn the role that brought him stardom, future director Lubitsch is a bumbling provincial who loses his clothing store gig after breaking a window.But moving on to classier Berlin, he becomes rich and dapper and marries the boss' daughter.In the role that brought him stardom, future director Lubitsch is a bumbling provincial who loses his clothing store gig after breaking a window.But moving on to classier Berlin, he becomes rich and dapper and marries the boss' daughter.

5.3/10

Director
- Carl Wilhelm
Writers
- Jacques Burg
- Walter Turszinsky
Stars

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Genre
- Comedy
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Connections
Featured in Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood (2006)

Top review

7/10

The Pride of the Firm

Ernst Lubitsch, later one of the great directors of the cinema, started out in films as a 'Jewish Comedian.' However, this movie is not a farce, but the story of how a clumsy young man from the sticks -- when we first see him, he is a window dresser in a dry goods shop who breaks the window -- through push and hard work, remakes himself with the advice of the girl he loves. When we first see him, he is an ugly young man with a mop of unruly hair who does not know how to dress. By the end of the movie, he is a distinguished-looking man on his honeymoon.

This is not a farce, but Lubitsch manages to get in a few comic touches, playing his character as sly and cowardly, but sweet. There is some very nice photography, thanks to Danish cinematographer Axel Graatkjaer, and leading lady Martha Kriwitz is charming as Lubitsch's distaff Pygmalion. These make it a better than average picture for the era.

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