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''The Miracle'' (1912) (Germany: ''Das Mirakel'', France: ''Le Miracle''), is a British silent full-colour film, using the hand-coloured Pathéchrome process.〔"The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) defines the country of origin as the country of the principal offices of the production company or individual by whom the moving image work was made." See (Choice of Original Release Title in Country of Origin as Main Entry ). The film's producer was Joseph Menchen who acquired the sole film rights from Reinhardt, and from Bote & Bock, Vollmoeller's and Humperdinck's publishers. See . Menchen had offices at 20 Frith Street, Soho, at 20 Villiers St., and then at 3-7 Southampton St., Strand, London WC1. See Menchen had been resident in London for some time according to an interview with Al. Woods in the (''New York Times'', 9 May 1912 ). The "little electrical shop at the Bijou" referred to in the report was opened by Menchen at the 'old' Bijou Theatre, 1237 Broadway, after he was made bankrupt in 1905. The press agent for the Bijou Theatre, A. Curtis Bond, acquired the American rights to the Acres kineopticon projector, which Menchen had used to show films at Tony Pastor's Theatre from 1896. Source: (The Proliferation of Motion Picture Companies and an Assessment of the Novelty Year - The Phantoscope and Other Projectors ) at encyclopedia.jrank.org〕 Produced by Joseph Menchen and directed by Michel Carré, it is among the very first full-colour feature films to be made. It stars Maria Carmi, Ernst Matray, Florence Winston and Douglas Payne, and was filmed on location in Austria. ''The Miracle'' was not intended to be shown as an ordinary film in the usual way, but was designed by Menchen to be shown as part of a 'Lyricscope play'. This was an unusual (if not unprecedented) spectacular theatrical presentation which - in its most elaborate and complete expression - included: the projected colour film, a full-sized symphony orchestra and chorus, live sound effects such as church bells and crowd noises, stage sets around the projection screen which changed during the performance,〔(''The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate'', Tuesday 21 July 1914, p. 2 )〕 and live (non-speaking) actors and dancers in medieval costume.〔(''Evening Post'' ) (Wellington, NZ), 6 March 1914, p. 3〕 The various component parts of this ideal production varied somewhat according to local conditions. This 1912 multi-media experience was an adaptation of Max Reinhardt's wordless spectacular stage production of Karl Vollmoeller's play of the same name, which had played to huge audiences at the Olympia, London exhibition hall in 1911–1912. As some contemporary critics realised, ''The Miracle'' was not a "moving picture drama" in the normal sense of the word, but a "filmed pantomime," a celluloid record of the action of the stage production in a unique presentation.〔e.g. Bush, Stephen W. "Reinhardt's Miracle" in 〕 The world première of the full-colour 'Lyricscope play' of ''The Miracle'' took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 21 December 1912. A rival, unauthorised version (''Das Mirakel'') directed by Mime Misu for Continental-Kunstfilm in Germany appeared in the same year with the same subject and English title ("''The Miracle''"), and was the subject of various copyright legal actions in the UK and the USA, resulting in seven different titles shared between the two films. ==Plot outline== The film tells the story of a wayward nun, Megildis, who deserts her convent with a knight, influenced by the music of an evil minstrel. A statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her way through the world and its many vicissitudes. Later, Megildis returns to the convent with her dying infant, and is forgiven as the statue resumes its place. ACT 1 - TEMPTATION * Scene 1: The Nun, Sister Megildis is placed in charge of the sacred image. * Scene 2: The healing of the lame man. * Scene 3: The Minstrel and the music. * Scene 4: The arrival of the Knight. * Scene 5: The Nun must spend the night kneeling. * Scene 6: The flight of the Nun with the Knight. * Scene 7: The Miraculous Image comes to life. INTERMEZZO * Episode 1: The lake of the fairies. * Episode 2: The capture of the Robber Count, and dancing for the Nun. * Episode 3: The mock marriage ceremony. * Episode 4: The Nun is arrested for witchcraft * Episode 5: The Nun is shown the ghosts of all who have lost their lives because of her. ACT 2 - FORGIVENESS * Scene 1: Christmas Eve in the Convent. * Scene 2: The image of the Virgin returns to its altar. * Scene 3: Megildis returns to the convent with her babe, and finds it dead. The Miracle occurs. * Scene 4: Forgiveness. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Miracle (1912 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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