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Akt-Skulpturen. Studienfilm für bildende Künstler - 1903
(Live Sculptures)Director: Oscar MESSTER
Nationality: German
Length: 4' 40"
Film archive: Jugoslovenska Kinoteka
Naked bodies lurch on a 360° rotating stage. In 1903 German film pioneer Oskar Messter designed these quick sequences for novice artists.
Ach wie so trügerisch - 1908
(La Donna è Mobile)Director: Anonymous
Nationality: German
Length: 2' 40"
Film archive: Filmarchiv Austria
Before The Jazz Singer, here is one of the first films in sound adapted from a recording on record of Rigoletto sung by the famous Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
Schutzmannlied aus Donnerwetter-Tadellos! - 1908
(The Traffic Policeman Song)Director: Anonymous
Nationality: German
Length: 3' 13"
Film archive: Deutsche Kinemathek
Ye gods, here’s the the Berlin police! Mockery and sarcastic humour are always effective in this cabaret atmosphere of 1908.
Im Wannseebad - 1910
(On Wannsee Beach)Director: Anonymous
Nationality: German
Length: 4' 45"
Film archive: Filmmuseum München
Berlin in the 1910s. Bathers are enjoying themselves on the shores of the Wannsee. A daredevil cameraman attempts to film the scene.
Der magische Gürtel - 1917
(The Enchanted Circle)Director: Anonymous
Nationality: German
Length: 44' 45"
Film archive: The Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Naval warfare in the Mediterranean. A propaganda film to the glory of the invincible German submarine: the U-35. A rarely-seen document from 1917!
Der getäuschte Pierrot - 1917
(The Cuckolded Pierrot)Director: Ludwig von WICH
Nationality: German
Length: 6' 20"
Film archive: Filmmuseum München
In this film the actors perform pirouettes between the pieces of furniture. Only their delicate silhouettes give them away!
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