Queen of Atlantis
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.
Cast
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Brigitte Helm
Played Antinea
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Heinz Klingenberg
Played Lt. Saint-Avit
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Gustav Diessl
Played Capt. Morange
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Vladimir Sokoloff
Played Graf Bielowski
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Tela Tchaï
Played Tanid
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Florelle
Played Clementine
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Mathias Wieman
Played Ewar Torstenson
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Georges Tourreil
Played Lt. Ferrieres
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Gertrude Pabst
Played Journalist
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Rositta Severus-Lied…
Played
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Marfa Kassatskaya
Played
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