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European silent movies, beginning with 'A', divided into eight pages:

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Aktskulpturen
(1903)

STARS:

DIRECTOR:

AVAILABLE?:
PLOT:

STILLS:

NOTES:
All Through The Night
(1941) (Warner Brothers)

STARS:
Humphrey Bogart
Conrad Veidt
Peter Lorre

DIRECTOR:Vincent Sherman

AVAILABLE?:
Television

 PLOT:

STILLS:
* Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre, outdoors, staring intently off-screen. (C-5. S)
* Conrad Veidt, seated behind desk, flanked by a smiling Peter Lorre, and grim faced Hans Schumm, Kaaren Verne, and Judith Anderson. (C-5. S)

NOTES:American film, included because it starred Conrad Veidt.
Alraune
(1927) (Ama-Film)

STARS:
Brigitte Helm
Paul Wegener

DIRECTOR:Henrik Galeen
AVAILABLE?:
PLOT:
A world famous German scientist, Dr. Brinker, decides to experiment in genetics by forcing a prostitute to sleep with a degenerate criminal who has been condemned to death, in order to discover what the laws of hereditry would produce in their offspring. The scientist adopts the product of this union - a girl, whom he calls Mandragora. She is kept in a convent til she is sixteen but early on displays an evil nature. She escapes the convent and pursues a life of crime and seduction until Dr. Brinker finds her and brings her to his home. He is in love with her, but after she reads his diaries and the circumstances behind her birth, she ruins him morally and financially. Brinker decides to kill her, but she is rescued by Dr. Brinker's cousin, who suddenly arrives at the house wher he's been chasing her. Brinker dies of a cerebral hemorrage and Mandragora leaves with the cousin to start a new life.

STILLS:
* Dawn, and a prostitute sits beneath the gallows where the father of her child hangs.(B-5. S)
* Turbaned Alraune stares out at the camera, hands resting under her chin.(B-5. S)
* Side view of turbaned Alraune.(B-5. S)
* Paul Wegener, letter in one hand, stares at a gowned Brigitte Helm.(B-5. S)

NOTES: Helm starred in two versions of Alraune. This is the silent version. Berlin premiere Jan 25, 1928.
Alraune
(1930) (Oswald-Film, for UFA)

STARS:
Brigitte Helm
Albert Basserman

DIRECTOR:Richard Oswald

AVAILABLE?:
PLOT:

STILLS:
* Albert Basserman stares at black-cloched Brigitte Helm, who's wearing a backless evening gown. (B-5. S)
* Close up of Brigitte Helm, with a black cloche hat, reclined in bed. (B-5. S)

NOTES: Helm starred in two versions of Alraune. This is the sound version. Premiered in Berlin on 2 Dec 1930.
Des Alters Erste Spuren
(1928) (Luna-Film)

STARS:

DIRECTOR:Franz Hofer

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 PLOT:

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Citations in green refer to books where additional photos/stills of the person can be found. The id #'s correspond to the Bibliography page.
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