Zeus

Writers:

Fritz Lang,  Thea von Harbou    

Mia May,  Hans Marr,  Harry Frank

 

This 1920 German film is one of Fritz Lang's earliest and for decades it was considered lost before a print turned up in Brazil in 1986. A woman (Mia May) runs away from her abusive husband. She ends up in some mountain era where she hides out only to run into what appears to be her husband's twin brother. Soon the husband is back on her trail as she runs into a former boyfriend who had taken a vow of celibacy.  With that said, there's enough interesting aspects to make this film worth watching. There's no question that it's quite unlike anything else that Lang was doing around this time unless his other lost films turn out to be like this. The film really seems like it could have influenced Luis Bunuel due to all the religious stuff here. There are some striking images including one of the Virgin Mary coming down a mountain as well as other scenes that take a look at religion.May who is breathtaking at times. She does a marvelous job showing how tortured and frightened this woman was. The actress never has to overact and makes for a very interesting character and one that you really care for.

 

Here is the link to the movie at the Internet Movie database:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011837/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1