Queen of Atlantis (1932)

  • NR
  • 09/05/1932 (DE)
  • Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • 1h 27m

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.

G.W. Pabst

Director

Pierre Benoît

Novel

Hermann Oberländer

Screenplay

Ladislaus Vajda

Screenplay

Cast

Brigitte Helm's headshot

Brigitte Helm

Antinea
Heinz Klingenberg's headshot

Heinz Klingenberg

Lt. Saint-Avit
Gustav Diessl's headshot

Gustav Diessl

Capt. Morange
Vladimir Sokoloff's headshot

Vladimir Sokoloff

Graf Bielowski
Tela Tchaï's headshot

Tela Tchaï

Tanid
Florelle's headshot

Florelle

Clementine
Mathias Wieman's headshot

Mathias Wieman

Ewar Torstenson
Georges Tourreil's headshot

Georges Tourreil

Lt. Ferrieres

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