Das Mirakel (play)
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Image:DasMirakel.jpg Das Mirakel was a 1911 play written by Karl Vollmöller and directed by Max Reinhardt, from which three movie versions were later adapted. The play first appeared as a spectacle-pantomime in Germany in 1911. It opened in London under the name "The Miracle" in 1912, and was revived on Broadway in 1924 after a tour of Detroit, Milwaukee and Dallas. In the New York version the star Maria Carmi alternated nightly with Lady Diana Manners, another international beauty of the period. Like the first film version, the play was directed by Max Reinhardt. "The Miracle" re-told an old legend about a nun in the Middle Ages who runs away from her convent with a knight, and subsequently has several mystical adventures, eventually leading to her being accused of witchcraft. During her absence, the statue of the Virgin Mary in the convent's chapel comes to life and takes the nun's place in the convent, until her safe return. The play launched the career of Maria Carmi who went on to star in 25 silent films.
