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

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Am Rande Der Welt
(1927) (UFA)

STARS:
Brigitte Helm
Albert Steinruck

DIRECTOR:Karl Grune

AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:

STILLS:
* Brigitte Helm and Albert Steinruck. (B-5. S)

NOTES:English title (At the Edge of the World). Brigitte Helm's second film, after Metropolis. Berlin premiere: Sept 19, 1927.

Der Andere
(1913) (Germany)

STARS:
Albert Basserman
Hanni Weisse

DIRECTOR:Max Mack

AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
An adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, only the split personality is caused by a blow on the head.

STILLS:
* Albert Basserman and Hanni Weisse seated at a table in a restaurant. (S-5. S)

NOTES:Film debut of Deutsches Theater star Albert Basserman. The first autoren film. Based on a play by a (then) famous author, Paul Lindau.

Die Andere Seite
(1931) (Cando-Film)

STARS:
Conrad Veidt
Theodor Loos

DIRECTOR:Heinz Paul

AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
Veidt plays Captain Stanhope, the bitter, heavy-drinking commanding officer commanding a company of infantry in combat in WWI.

STILLS:
* Conrad Veidt in WWI helmet and uniform, resting arm on shoulder of Theodor Loos who is looking at his wedding ring. (C-5. S)

NOTES:English title - (The Other Side). Based on the stage play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff. Featured in the film was the German marching song Wide is the Road Back to the Homeland, which was played and sung through the film. Veidt was in the German language version only.

Anders als die Andern
(1931) (Oswald-Film)

STARS:
Conrad Veidt
Reinhold Sch�nzel
Anita Berber

DIRECTOR:Richard Oswald

AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:

STILLS:
* Conrad Veidt and Reinhold Sch�nzel with party in background (C-5. S)

NOTES:The first 'gay rights' movie. English title: (Different From the Others). Thought destroyed, a fragment of it has been found and is sometimes shown in the US on PBS during Gay Rights month

Anna Boleyn
(1920) (UFA)

STARS:
Henny Porten
Emil Jannings

DIRECTOR:Ernst Lubitsch

AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:

STILLS:
* Production shot. Germany's President Ebert, Paul Davidson, Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Ernst Lubitsch and Anna Kraly. (U-5. P)
* The coronation procession.
(U-5. S)

NOTES:American title: Deception. It cost about 8 million (post-war inflation) marks. It premiered in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in December, 1920. The sale of the American rights ($200,000, or 14 million marks) recouped its production costs.

Annelie - Des Geschichte
eines Lebens
(1931) (UFA)
STARS:
Luise Ullrich
Werner Krauss

DIRECTOR:Joseph von
Baky

AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
A 'tear jerker'.

STILLS:
* Luise Ullrich in restaurant. (U-5. S)

NOTES:. English title: Annelie - The Story of a Life.


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