Summary: German Silent Films
Welcome to my German Silent Cinema blog. Here you will find articles, synopsis on films and trivia on silent actors and actresses.
Directed by F.W. Murnau Produced by Erich PommerScreenplay by Carl
MayerFrom the book by Rudolf StratzPhotographed by László Schäffer
and Fritz Arno WagnerStarring Arnold Korff, Lulu Kyser-Korff,
Lothar Mehnert, Paul Bildt, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Hartmann, Hermann
Vallentin, Julius Falkenstein, Georg Zawatzky, Robert Leffler,
Victor Bluetner, Walter Kurt Kuhle and Loni NestReleased 7th April
Date Published: Jun 10, 2009 - 9:55 pm
The Golem (1920)Director: Paul Wegener and Carl BoeseActors: Paul
Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch, Hans
Stürm, Max Kronert, Otto Gebühr, Dore Paetzold, Lothar Müthel,
Greta Schröder, Loni Nest, Carl Ebert and Fritz Feld.Writers:
Henrik Galeen, Gustav Meyrink and Paul WegenerRelease date: 29th
October 1920 (Germany)Widely accepted as the beginning of the
Frankenstein myth
Date Published: May 24, 2009 - 12:16 pm
The Love of Jeanne Ney (Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney) (1927)Director:
G.W. PabstActors: Édith Jéhanne, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp, Brigitte
Helm, Adolf E. Licho, Eugen Jensen, Hans Jaray, Sig Arno (as
Siegfried Arno), Hertha von Walther, Vladimir Sokoloff, Jack
Trevor, Mammey Terja-Basa, Josefine Dora, Heinrich Gotho, Margarete
Kupfer (as Küpfer), Robert Scholz and Milly MathisWriters: Ilja
Date Published: Feb 22, 2009 - 12:11 am
Nosferatu (1922)Director: F.W. Murnau Actors: Max Schreck, Gustav
von Wangenheim, Greta Schroder, Alexander Granach, Georg H.
Schnell, Ruth Landshoff, John Gottowt, Gustav Botz, Max Nemetz,
Wolfgang Heinz, Albert Venohr, Eric Van Viele, Karl Etlinger, Guido
Herzfeld, Fanny Schreck, Hardy von Francois, Heinrich Witte and
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Writers: Henrik Galeen, Bram Stoker (not
credited)
Date Published: Nov 23, 2008 - 6:40 pm
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920)Director: Arthur
WellinActors: Emil Mamelok, Herta Heden, Bela Lugosi, Gottfried
Kraus, Edward Eyseneck and Margot SokolowskaWriters: James Fenimore
Cooper (novel) and Robert HeymannRelease date: 14 September 1920
(Germany)Deerslayer, a woodsman and his friend, Chingachgook, try
valiantly at keeping peace between the native Indian tribes and
settlers. The
Date Published: Nov 19, 2008 - 8:15 pm
The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)Director: Ernst LubitschActors: Emil
Jannings, Pola Negri, Max Laurence, Harry Liedkte and Margarete
KupferWriters: Hanns Kraly and Emil RameauRelease date: 3rd October
1918 (Germany)An artist who has gone to Egypt discovers that a
prince intends to discover the tomb of Queen Ma. Albert Wendland,
the painter, is fascinated when he discovers a legend that any
person who
Date Published: Nov 18, 2008 - 6:14 pm
The Student of Prague (1913)Directors: Paul Wegener and Stellan
RyeActors: Paul Wegener, John Gottowt, Grete Berger, Lyda
Salmonova, Lothar Korner and Fritz WeidermannWriters: Alfred de
Musset, Edgar Allan Poe and Hanz Heinz EwersRelease date: 22nd
August 1913 (Germany)Balduin (played by Paul Wegener) is a poor
student from Prague in the 1800's. By accident, he rescues a
beautiful Countess,
Date Published: Nov 16, 2008 - 4:43 pm