The violinist from Florence – Wikipedia

The violinist from Florence It is a 1926 silent film written and directed by Paul Czinner.

The young Renée cannot bear his father’s new woman. Remember the period followed to the death of the mother, when the dad dealt exclusively with her, he looked after her in small things despite no longer was a small child, and had given her the passion for travel to Italy who had undertaken them alone. She makes an attempt to pass over the Oedipus attachment to the father: one day Renée and the “stepmother” seem to go to love and agree as they prepare a punch; When the father arrives, both of them give him a cup: the man accepts that of his woman and not that of his daughter. It is the drop that makes the vase overflow: Renée throws her glass at the foot’s foot.

It is decided to send Renée to a college of Lausanne. But even among the Swiss educations things are not good: the girl is often punished for her bad behavior, which sometimes takes on purpose to be expelled by the institution and return to the dad. And he obtains the opposite effect: as a disciplinary measure, in agreement with his father, the director borders it to the college even during the summer holidays. Renée escapes, and takes a direct train in Italy.

Blocked to the Dogana of Ponte Tresa because it has no valid documents for the expatriation, Renée manages to cross the border thanks to the help of a kind frontier (a little smuggling, also) I use to move daily to the back of a mule between Italy and Switzerland, And therefore well known by the local guards: exchanged her clothes the girl manages to get past him and to enter the beautiful country dressed as a man, which is also comfortable for the fact that poses announced his disappearance and relative reward for those who find it They had appeared, taking his photograph in female clothes.

Renée wanders far and wide in the peninsula until you reach the gates of Florence: here the young woman grabs the violin from the hands of an elderly musician on the road corner and suddenly a carefree dance making the bow on the strings jump, arousing fun between the bystanders. At this juncture it is noticed by a painter, who, inspired by the scene, intends to reproduce it on a picture. He agrees with Renée, that he – like everyone else – believes to be a male, and leads it to his sumptuous villa in the city, where he lives together with his sister, and where Renée will get allocated, as a model, during the execution of painting.

The artist and Renée spend a lot of time together, in the painter’s study, to the point that his sister notes the disappearance of the usual relationship – a little incestuous – who was used to entertain with his brother, all the more because the rival is a male, e He complains about it. Again, the two women prepare a drink, offer a glass to the painter, who accepts that of Renée at the expense of that of his sister; Again, the sister throws the cup at the foot of the woman. All already seen.

For some time now, the artist and sister had noticed female attitudes and peculiarities in the one who believed to be a male model. After the picture “The violinist of Florence” (“Der Geiger von Florenz”), once concluded, is sold at an excellent price, the painter goes to declare to Renée: “I wanted you to be a girl!” Having requested why, Renée feels answered: “Because I would get married. ^[first] “The painter remains doubtful with respect to the words he has just spoken, while Renée, who fell in love with him, appears radiant.

Renée’s father sees in the newspaper a photograph of the canvas “The violinist of Florence”; It recognizes your disappeared daughter and is turn to the Tuscan capital. Arriving from the painter, his father explains that the model is nothing but his daughter. The artist feels relieved of revelation, and asks his father Renée’s hand before even sending her to call. At the same time the painter’s sister is located in Renée’s room, and has his own way to make sure of his sexual identity (anatomical): he decides a hand on his breasts, detecting his protuberance below the large male shirt. The servitude enters and convenes Renée; The painter’s sister leaves her kissing her on her mouth.

Renée and the father rejoin, the girl and the painter can now kiss without fear.

The film was produced by Elisabeth Bergner Poetic Film Co.

Distributed in Germany by the Universum Film (UFA), the film was presented in Berlin on March 10, 1926.

• Villa La Pietra – The second part of the film was shot in the gardens of this Florentine villa