La Juive (1907)

Movie

10min

La Juive (1907)

Not rated.

Facts

Director	Alice Guy-Blaché
Country	France
Language	French
Production	Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Distribution	Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

Descriptions

This version of La Juive is a phonoscene recording of 5 arias of the opera.

"La Juive" is an opera set in Constance, 1414. The plot revolves around the lives of Rachel, a young woman who was adopted by a Jew named Eléazar after being abandoned as a baby, and Cardinal Brogni, who had condemned Eléazar's sons to death years ago. Rachel falls in love with a man named Samuel, not knowing that he is actually Prince Léopold in disguise, and when their secret affair is discovered, tragedy ensues. The story deals with themes of religious prejudice, forbidden love, and revenge.

Source: Wikipedia, 10.04.2023, +ChatGPT to shorten

5 Arias

The phonoscene film is not the complete Opera, but consists of 5 arias from it.

Rachel, when from the Lord. (Rachel, quand du Seigneur.)

Eléazar's daughter Rachel has been condemned to death by Cardinal de Brogni for consorting with the Christian prince Léopold. However, Brogni does not realize that Rachel is actually his own daughter, saved from a fire in Roman years ago by Eléazar and raised as Eléazar's own daughter. Eléazar knows he can save her life by revealing this fact, but he is unable to reconcile his Jewish faith with forcing his daughter to change her faith. ^[1]