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Children Of Darkness (1921 Film)
''Children of Darkness'' (german: Kinder der Finsternis) is a German silent drama film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Grit Hegesa, Hans Mierendorff, and Sybil Smolova. It was released in two separate parts ''Der Mann aus Neapel'' in December 1921 and ''Kämpfende Welten'' in January 1922. Both parts premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Leni. It was shot in Berlin and Naples. Cast * Grit Hegesa as Lilian Grey *Hans Mierendorff as Enrico Flori *Sybil Smolova as Francesca, Enricos Schwester *Charles Puffy as Werkführer Geone *Marija Leiko as Maria Geone *Otto Treßler as Schiffskapitän Pool *Adele Sandrock *Friedrich Kühne * Fritz Schulz *Bernhard Goetzke *Margarete Kupfer *Paul Westermeier Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanns Lippmann
Hanns Lippmann (1890–1929) was a German film producer of the silent era. Lippmann set up Gloria-Film AG (later taken over by Ufa), and was closely associated with the director E.A. Dupont.St. Pierre p.18 Selected filmography * '' The Golem'' (1915) * ''The Path of Death'' (1917) * '' When the Dead Speak'' (1917) * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * ''Patience'' (1920) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * ''The White Peacock'' (1920) * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * ''Murder Without Cause'' (1921) * ''The Hunt for the Truth'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * ''Man Overboard'' (1921) * ''The False Dimitri'' (1922) * ''The Green Manuela'' (1923) * ''Inge Larsen'' (1923) * ''The Wonderful Adventure ''The Wonderful Adventure'' (German: ''Das schöne Abenteuer'') is a 1924 German silent film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Vilma Bánky, Georg Alexander and Ernst Reicher.Schildgen p.42 The film's sets were desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By E
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Silent Feature Films
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Films Of The Weimar Republic
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Films
The following is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top seven films released in 1921 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events *January 21 – The silent comedy drama ''The Kid'', written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his Tramp character) – his first full-length film as a director – and featuring Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. It is the year's second-highest-grossing film. *March 6 – The silent epic war film '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is released in the United States. It is the year's highest-grossing film (and the sixth-best-grossing silent film of all time), propels Rudolph Valentino to stardom and inspires a tango craze and a fashion for gaucho pants. *August 29 – Broadway's first $1 million theatre, Loew's State opens. *September 5 – Popular comedian R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Actress'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926) * ''The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * ''Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * ''A Crazy Night'' (1927) * ''The Long Intermission'' (1927) * ''Always Be True and Faithful'' (1927) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * '' Dear Homeland'' (1929) * ''Retreat on the Rhine'' (1930) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) * ''Alraune'' (1930) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) *'' Errant Husbands'' (1931) * '' A Crafty Youth'' (1931) * '' Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * ''The Beggar Student'' (1931) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * ''The Soaring Maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarete Kupfer
Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress. Partial filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Frau Eva'' (1916) * ''The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) * '' The Ballet Girl'' (1918) * '' I Don't Want to Be a Man'' (1918) * ''The Foreign Prince'' (1918) * '' The Rosentopf Case'' (1918) * ''The Seeds of Life'' (1918) * '' Carmen'' (1918) * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * '' Sumurun'' (1920) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1920) * ''The Head of Janus'' (1920) * '' Countess Walewska'' (1920) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * ''Waves of Life and Love'' (1921) * '' A Woman's Revenge'' (1921) * ''The Devil and Circe'' (1921) * ''The Hunt for the Truth'' (1921) * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Devil's Chains'' (1921) * ''Nathan the Wise'' (1922) * ''Bigamy'' (1922) * ''Only One Night'' (1922) * '' G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Goetzke
Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The Panther Bride'' (1919) * '' Veritas Vincit'' (1919) * '' The Spies'' (1919) * '' The Dagger of Malaya'' (1919) * ''Anita Jo'' (1919) * '' The Law of the Desert'' (1920) * ''The Eyes as the Accuser'' (1920) * '' Dolls of Death'' (1920) * ''The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1920) * ''The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * '' The Indian Tomb'' (1921) * '' The Secret of Bombay'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * ''Murder Without Cause'' (1921) * '' Symphony of Death'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1921) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * '' Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (1922) * '' The Marriage of Princess Demidoff'' (1922) * ''Peter the Great'' (1922) * ''Die Nibelungen'' (1924) * ''The Blackguard'' (1925) * ''Curfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Schulz (actor)
Fritz Schulz (25 April 1896 – 9 May 1972) was a German and Austrian movie and stage actor, singer and director. Born in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), Austria-Hungary, he appeared in almost one hundred movies between 1917 and 1970. Of Jewish extraction, Schultz fled the German film industry in Berlin at the onset of Nazism in 1933 and moved to Vienna to act in and direct independent Austrian film productions. He departed Austria as an exile upon the German Anschluss in 1938 and settled in Switzerland where he concentrated on his stage career until his death in Zürich in 1972. He was married at the age of 14 to 19 year old actress Ágnes Esterházy from 1910 until her death in 1956. Selected filmography Actor * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) * ''The Onyx Head'' (1917) * ''Different from the Others'' (1919) * '' The Mask'' (1919) * ''The Secret of the American Docks'' (1919) * ''The Marquise of Armiani'' (1920) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * ''The Yellow Diplomat'' (1920) * ''Kri-Kri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Kühne
Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''The Iron Cross'' (1914) * ''Detektiv Braun'' (1914) * ''Der Hund von Baskerville'' (''The Hound of the Baskervilles'') (1914) as Stapleton * '' The Silent Mill'' (1914) * ''Tales of Hoffmann'' (1916) * '' Ferdinand Lassalle'' (1918) * '' The Prisoner of Dahomey'' (1918) * ''Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne'' (1918) * '' Opium'' (1919) * '' Veritas Vincit'' (1919) * '' The Spiders'' (1919-1920, 2 parts) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1920) * ''Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * ''The Terror of the Red Mill'' (1921) * '' The Black Panther'' (1921) * ''Danton'' (1921) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) * ''Hashish, the Paradise of Hell'' (1921) * '' Treasure of the Aztecs'' (1921) * ''Die Gezeichneten'' (1922) * ''The False Dimitri'' (1922) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German merchant Eduard Sandrock (1834–1897) and his Dutch wife, Johanna Simonetta ten Hagen (1833–1917). With sister Wilhelmine (1861-1948) and brother Christian (1862–1924), she grew up in Rotterdam, and, after her parents' divorce on 15 November 1869, in Berlin. Career In 1878 at the age of fifteen, Sandrock made her debut as Selma in ''Mutter und Sohn'' by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. In Berlin she met the famous Meiningen Ensemble and achieved success at the theatre of Meiningen, where her first role was Luise in Friedrich Schiller's ''Intrigue and Love'', followed by further engagements in Moscow, Wiener Neustadt, and Budapest. In 1889, she had her breakthrough at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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