简介：ThisfilmcomesfromtheSchlossArchiveofHisHighness,HerrGrafFerdinandvonGalitzien: IstartoffthesecondroundofsilentraritiesfromtheCount'sarchivewiththereconstructedversionofMauritzStiller's1916silent"Balettprimadonnan".Thefilmwasthoughttobelostuntilextendedfragmentswerefoundinthe1990s;subsequently,thefilmwasreconstructedwiththehelpofstillphotographsandexplanatoryintertitles,enablingtheviewertofollowtheaction(atleastifyoucanreadSwedish).However,eveninthisformthefilmonlylastslittlemorethan19minutes(originallengthwas54min.).Buttheyareworthit,asthesurvivingmaterialshowsStillerinfullcommandofhiscraft,withstrikingphotographyandsomepositivelyenchantingsceneswiththemainactressJennyHasselqvistduringaballetaudition. （http://ferdinandvongalitzien.blogspot.com/2009/12/balettprimadonnan-1916-by-mauritz.html） Balettprimadonnantellsthestoryofagypsydancer(FrauJennyHasselquist)whoisdiscoveredaccidentallybyaviolinplayer(HerrLarsHanson);fameandagoodsocialstatuswillbewaitingforthetwoartistsaftertheymeeteachotherbutalsojealousyandsorrow,alwaysthepriceoffame,certainly. ThereelsfoundinSaragossaincludetheauditionofFrauAnjuta,thegypsydancer,toaballet-danceacademyandthefinalpartofthefilm,themostinterestingandbeautifulone,genuineStiller.Thisincludesaduel(thataristocraticpastimethatthisHerrVonlikessomuch)aswellasathrillingsequencewithourheroinerunningwildthroughasnowylandscapetryingtoavoidacalamitybetweenthementhatarefightingforherlove(theendingsoundsabitliketheclimaxtoHerrClarenceBrown’“FleshAndTheDevil(1926),alsowithLarsHansonandHerrStiller’sadvancedpupilFrauGarbo),alyricalandbeautifulendingwhereinNature(Swedishstyle)isalsoanimportantdramaticcharacter.ThisistypicaloftheimportanceinHerrStiller’slaterworkwherecoldlandscapescarrygreatartisticweight,evocativeanddramatic.…