Emil jannings

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poster Waxworks
Waxworks
(3.3/5)
83mn - Fantasy, Drama, Horror
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize…
poster Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
10mn - Comedy
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler was one of two Jinks comedies released by Vitagraph for Christmas 1916 and, according to the U.S. copyright filing, was loosely based on the true story of celebrated conman Frie…
poster The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
(4/5)
77mn - Drama
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
poster Love Everlasting
Love Everlasting
(3.1/5)
90mn - Romance, Drama
Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise Sthar steals military documents, Julius is accused of be…
poster His Lord's Will
His Lord's Will
(3.4/5)
69mn - Comedy
A series of family entanglements develop around the changing will of Roger Bernhuses de Sars (Karl Mantzius), who wants his heritage to go to his illegitimate daughter Blenda (Greta Almroth). But love an…
poster Little Angel
Little Angel
(3.4/5)
49mn -
Engelein is a comedy of deliberately mistaken identity. If Jesta, a 17-year-old, can play the part of a 12-year-old, her family will gain a large inheritance from a rich uncle from Chicago. Her unruly “p…
poster The Jew of Mestri
The Jew of Mestri
(3.7/5)
87mn - Drama
The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Her…
poster The Yellow Ticket
The Yellow Ticket
(3.2/5)
58mn - Drama
"The Yellow Ticket" (aka "The Devil's Pawn") was directed by Vicor Janson and Eugen Illes as a German project shot partially in Warsaw. A story of a Jewish girl forced to hide her identity in order to att…
poster Different from the Others
Different from the Others
(3.5/5)
51mn - Drama
Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the law that punishes homosexualit…
poster Nerves
Nerves
(3.3/5)
110mn - Drama
The film tries to capture the "nervous epidemic" caused by war and misery which "drives people mad". This unique portrait of the life in 1919 Germany, filmed on location in Munich, describes the cases of …
poster The Mill
The Mill
(3.2/5)
5mn - Drama
Johanna loves poor farmer Joachim, yet marries the wealthy miller. One day, Joachim visits Johanna when he is away. When the miller finds out, he takes revenge.
poster Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?
(3.0/5)
137mn - Drama, History
"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- …
poster Backstairs
Backstairs
(3.4/5)
50mn - Drama
In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his building. However, she is in love with a wealthy and handsome young man, who soon disappears. The mailman p…
poster The Abyss
The Abyss
(3.2/5)
38mn - Drama
Magda, a piano teacher, meets Knud, a parson’s son, who invites her to spend the summer at his parents’ parsonage. When a travelling circus stops in the village, Magda leaves the meek Knud for the dashing…
poster A Film Johnnie
A Film Johnnie
(2.8/5)
12mn - Comedy
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
poster Harakiri
Harakiri
(2.8/5)
87mn - Drama
The daughter of a Daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to c…
poster From Morn to Midnight
From Morn to Midnight
72mn - Crime, Comedy
A cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60,000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisf…
poster Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
(3.2/5)
115mn - Drama
Karin Daughter of Ingmar is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the second part in Sjöström's large-scale adaption of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Jerusalem, following Sons of In…
poster His Picture in the Papers
His Picture in the Papers
(3.0/5)
62mn - Comedy
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with …
poster Der Jongleur
Der Jongleur
1mn - Documentary
A man performs tricks on a theatre stage with a bowler hat and a billiards ball in equilibrium on his arms and body.
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