Queen of Atlantis

Overview

Two young officers, Saint-Avit and Morhange, get lost in the desert and find themselves prisoners of the beautiful Antinéa, queen of the city of Atlantis. Saint-Avit, blinded by his love for her, obeys her when she orders him to kill his comrade... With L’Atlantide, Pabst offers a psychoanalytic reading of Benoit’s novel, with a dominant female figure who enslaves her lovers before destroying them. The film’s fantasy dimension is disturbing, L’Atlantide bathes in a humid nightmare atmosphere, between the desperate search for a missing friend and the apparitions of an underworld lost in the desert. A long, discursive flashback suggests the Parisian origins of Antinéa, born from the marriage between Clémentine, a pretty, light-thighed French Cancan dancer, and an Arab prince seduced during a theatrical performance. But again, it's impossible to know whether these are the ramblings of an old alcoholic or the strange truth.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 28, 1932

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany, France

Cast

Brigitte Helm,Florelle,Georges Tourreil,Mathias Wieman,Gustav Diessl,Vladimir Sokoloff,Tela Tchaï,Heinz Klingenberg,Gertrude Pabst,Marfa Kassatskayaand 1 more

Director

G.W. Pabst

Writer

Alexandre Arnoux,Ladislaus Vajda,Miles Mander,Hermann Oberländer,Pierre Benoît,Jacques Deval

Producer

Romain Pinès,Seymour Nebenzal

Cinematography

Ernst Körner,Eugen Schüfftan

Music

Wolfgang Zeller

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0023002