El Dorado

Name: El Dorado
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Released: 1921
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Ève Francis, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Philippe Hériat, Claire Prélia

1921 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 509 VOTES · DIR. Marcel L'Herbier

Overview

In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation after a further rejection by Estiria, sees an opportunity to blackmail him by locking the lovers overnight in their meeting-place in the Alhambra.

Dialogue Timeline — 133 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:37 House of dance ...

00:04:27 And just above, a child is very sick.

00:07:57 ... Mom

00:11:06 Promise ... lie for twelve years ...

00:15:45 Our son is sick ... my pay is not enough to care for him ...

00:18:31 Hosted by a Scandinavian lady (Claire Prelia)

00:22:36 In order to earn some money, Sibilla left the Albacyn and serves as Hedwick's model and guide.

00:28:34 she is in the image of this palace. Hedwick loves her, but ...

00:32:04 With a white dress ... it is Miss Styria ...

00:35:21 It is the evening that Iliana, Styria's daughter, will be betrothed, against her will

00:37:43 to the slopes of the mountains where the gypsies have their caves ...

00:45:40 Relax! It's a joke ... a joke!

00:51:16 However ...

00:56:27 ... in Styria's palace, the disaster becomes known.

01:00:08 Sibilla is coming for revenge... if necessary, she will seek even more vengeance. She has evidence of your evil deeds.

01:03:00 It's you? Yes!

01:04:44 Shocked to see them together ... Sibilla finally ... speaks.

01:08:22 ... at the home of a courageous woman ... my model ... Sibilla ...

01:12:53 Figure it out yourself... He cursed his own daughter! ...

01:16:23 Be good, I'll see you soon ...

01:19:17 Hope, hope, he will return. One day, one morning, he will return to you ...

01:24:45 Dawn ...

01:35:34 ... life ebbs ... and for this poor being, the sadness, is, finally, a celebration.

Cast & Characters

Ève Francis Sibilla Jaque Catelain Hedwick Marcelle Pradot Iliana Philippe Hériat Joao, le bouffon Claire Prélia La comtesse suédoise Georges Paulais Esteria Édith Réal Conception Max Dhartigny Le patron de l'El Dorado Émile Saint-Ober L'aveugle Jeanne Bérangère Flore

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed133

Dialogue density1.4 lines / min

First line00:00:37

Final line01:35:34

Production Record

DirectorMarcel L'Herbier

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes509