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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.

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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.

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Mary Wigman Danser - 1929

(Mary Wigman Dances)

Director: Anonymous
Nationality: Danish
Length: 9' 21"
Film archive: Det Danske Filminstitut

Four ecstatic scenes at the opposite extremes of classical dance. German dancer Mary Wigman, barefooted and dishevelled crouches down and contorts herself in a solo.

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Bric à Brac et Compagnie - 1931

(Odds and Ends & Co)

Director: André CHOTIN
Nationality: French
Length: 39' 18"
Film archive: Lobster Films

Fernandel has put on his street peddler costume to present the flea markets of Saint-Ouen in the beginning of the 30's, and get you to brush up on your cheeky Parisian humour!

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La Terrible aventure du Dr. Faust - 1931

(The Terrible Adventure of Doctor Faust)

Director: Max DE RIEUX
Nationality: French
Length: 21' 4"
Film archive: Cinémathèque française

The curtain rises on Guignol and Gnafron as they take off a myth by Faust. A great classic given a new take by the famous puppets from Lyon.

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Les Chansons célèbres à l'écran - 1931

(Famous songs on screen)

Director: René BUSSY
Nationality: French
Length: 13' 56"
Film archive: Cinémathèque française

According to old French songs, when la femme du roulier (the wife of the cart driver), meets la boiteuse du regiment (the lame woman of the regiment), they sing at the top of their voices, and tout l’pays l’a su (that’s how the whole country knew it)!

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