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The Robbers (1914)
Short | Short, Adventure, Drama

The Robbers (1914)

Short | Short, Adventure, Drama

(A dramatization of Friedrich von Schiller's story of the same name.) There is a sea of difference in temperament, desires and aspirations between Karl and Franz, the two sons of Maximilian von Moor. The older. Karl, is of a heroic type, ...See more(A dramatization of Friedrich von Schiller's story of the same name.) There is a sea of difference in temperament, desires and aspirations between Karl and Franz, the two sons of Maximilian von Moor. The older. Karl, is of a heroic type, i.e., handsome, noble and passionately in love with his cousin, Amalia. who reciprocates the tender passion. Cheerfully Karl sets out for the University, entrusting the beauty to the care of his father. Franz is a thorough villain, deformed, ugly, full of abnormal and unnatural desires, who immediately sets out to blacken Karl's character to his father, whom he has plotted to remove, by a story of seduction and disgrace. The feeble old man, to Franz's disappointment, is not killed by the news, but advises Franz to reprimand Karl, whereupon Franz writes Karl that he is disinherited. Karl is grieved and maddened at the almost incredible injustice of his father, and yields readily to the suggestion of a comrade that he organize his schoolmates into a band of robbers to war on false society. He soon becomes the terror of the country. Even soldiers are powerless against his trusty band bent on plundering and killing. In the meantime Franz is carrying out his diabolical plots to get rid of his father and seize Amalia, for whom he conceives a passion. He finds an unscrupulous accomplice in Herman, who conveys the news of the supposed death of Karl to the father, who is thereby thrown into a frenzy. A scuffle ensues and Franz, though he has not really killed his father, convinces the servants that he is dead. At midnight the unconscious man is brought in a coffin to a dungeon and left to starve. The arrival and story of a new member of the band remind Karl of his beloved ones at home. He travels thither in disguise, sees his still-constant Amalia, and learns of the death (?) of his father. An attempt is made by Franz to poison Karl, whom he recognizes, but it is frustrated by the faithful old servant sent to carry out the treachery. Karl, despairing and embittered, is irresistibly drawn back into his robber life. On the midnight of the day on which he joins the band again, he discovers Herman bringing food secretly to Old Moor in his dungeon. He learns all from the unfortunate man and resolves to take revenge. Franz is troubled by his black conscience. He has horrible dreams and sees visions. For the first time in his life he seeks spiritual guidance from a priest, but in vain. The robbers are by this time hammering away at the gates of the castle and set it on fire. The terrified Franz, anticipating his fate, commits suicide. Old Moor dies broken-hearted to see his son at the head of a band of outlaws. Amalia is captured and brought before Karl, who is on the verge of leaving the band to go with her, but alas, he is bound by his oath to the robbers. At her own request, then, Karl slays Amalia and surrenders himself to justice, giving a poverty-stricken laborer with a large family a chance to obtain the large reward offered for his head. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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