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poster Meyer from Berlin
Meyer from Berlin
(3/5)
58mn - Comedy
Sally Meyer, a young Berliner, persuades his Doctor to convince his wife that he is ill, so that he is able to take a holiday in the Austrian Alps in order to pursue women. Meyer dresses up in what he con…
poster Komisches Reck
Komisches Reck
1mn - Comedy, Documentary
Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.
poster Faust and Marguerite
Faust and Marguerite
4mn - Drama, Fantasy
Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
poster Faust and Marguerite
Faust and Marguerite
1mn - Fantasy, Horror
Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to behead the fair Marguerite. Faust refuses, whereupon Meph…
poster Wintergartenprogramm
Wintergartenprogramm
(2.9/5)
7mn -
On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s Wintergarten Theater. With live musical accompaniment, the compilatio…
poster Max's First Job
Max's First Job
7mn - Comedy
Recommended by a friend of the Ambigu Theatre, Max is summoned to Joinville studios. His first role is that of a husband who comes home late.
poster Faust in the Underworld
Faust in the Underworld
7mn - Fantasy
The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with sim…
poster Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
1mn - Documentary
With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster Faust
Faust
18mn - Drama, Fantasy
Dr Faust is continually obsessed with his quest for knowledge and absolute pleasure. One day, the demon Mephistopheles appears to him in his study in human guise and offers him a deal: a lifetime of total…
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 A Mesmerian Experiment
A Mesmerian Experiment
3mn - Fantasy
A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.
poster Maniac
Maniac
51mn - Horror
An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.
poster Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee
Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee
82mn - Drama
This is a very early feature by Rolf Raffé concerning the supposedly "mad" King of Bavaria, Ludwig II, probably the first feature film concerning the life of that King. In the piece, which is for the most…
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 The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress
The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress
(3/5)
61mn - Adventure
Count de Faber is working on a new type of explosive, but finds out that Professor Plussman has beat him to it. After an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the formula from Plussman, he breaks into the profe…
poster Black Mass of the Brain
Black Mass of the Brain
78mn - Horror
Two identical yet different personas become trapped in an ancient house where language fails and reality fractures, descending into a surreal ritualistic nightmare that consumes the mind.
poster The Astronomer's Dream
The Astronomer's Dream
3mn - Fantasy
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
poster Phantom
Phantom
(3.4/5)
129mn - Drama, Fantasy
Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately infatuated with her.
poster Max and His Mother-in-Law
Max and His Mother-in-Law
24mn - Comedy
Max and his young bride attempt to enjoy an Alpine honeymoon, despite the presence of her mother.
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