Silent Film Stills and Plots H

Halb-Blut (Half blood)
(1919) (Decla-Bioscop)
STARS:
Ressel Orla, Carl de Vogt
Gilda Langer, Carl-Gerrard Schr�der,
Paul Morgan
DIRECTOR: Fritz Lang
SCREENWRITER: Fritz Lang
PHOTOGRAPHER: Carl Hoffmann
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
STILLS:

SOURCE BOOKS:
Fritz Lang, by Lotte Eisner, pg. 23-24, 407
NOTES:

Hallo Janine
(1939) (UFA)
STARS:
Marika Rokk
DIRECTOR:Carl Boese
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
STILLS:
* Marika Rokk dancing while chorus plays glittering pianos (U-5. S)
* Chorus girls (U-5. S)
NOTES:

Heidenr�slein
(1916) ()
STARS:

DIRECTOR:Franz Hofer
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
STILLS:
* Three stills of an unidentified couple dancing. (S-5. S)
NOTES:

Heimgekehrt
(1912) ()
STARS:

DIRECTOR:Franz Hofer
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
STILLS:
* Unidentified actors. (S-5. S)
NOTES:

Die Herrin der Welt
(1919) (May-Film)
STARS:
Mia May
Michael Bohnen
DIRECTOR:Uwe Jens Krafft,
Karl Gerhardt
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
STILLS:
* Unidentified actors surrounding Mia May in the dock. (U-5. S)
NOTES:A film in 8 parts.

Der Herrscher
(1937) (Tobis-Film)
STARS:
Marianne Hoppe
Emil Jannings
DIRECTOR:Veit Harlan
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT: Clausen, played by Emil Jannings, embodies 'the Fuhrer principle'. ''To serve the national community - that has to be the goal of every business leader who takes his responsibility seriously. That is the guiding principle for my work, and everything else must submit to it, without question, even if I run this business into the ground because of it.'' Clausen disinherits his family and leaves his company to the state, ''the national community.'' Someone ''called from the midst of the people'' will carry on his work, ''The genius of a born leader needs no teachers.''
STILLS:
* Marianne Hoppe and Emil Jannings. (U-5. S)
NOTES:English title The Ruler. A 'freewheeling version' of Gerhart Hauptmann's Vor Sonnenaufgang (Before Sunset)(1937), Veit Harlan was awarded the highest ratings ('of special national and artistic value') but also the National Film Prize of 1937.

Hilde Warren und der Tod (Hilde Warren and Death)
(1917) (Decla-Bioskcop)
STARS:
Mia May as Hilde Warren, Hans Mierendorff, Bruno Kaster, Ernst Matray, Georg John, Fritz Lang in 4 roles: Death, an old priest, a young messenger, and a 4th Lang couldn�t recall (see Eisner book).
DIRECTOR: Joe May
SCREENWRITER: Fritz Lang
AVAILABLE?: A fragment survives in the East German Staatliches Filmarchiv

PLOT: Actress Hilde Warren, (May), murders her new born child when she realises the father is a condemned murderer, but as a result she is haunted by spectral visions of Death, (Lang), and finally offers herself to him while waiting for her o wn execution in a prison cell.
STILLS:
Mia May trying on a hat. (S. F-5)
SOURCE BOOKS:
Fritz Lang, by Lotte Eisner, pg. 17, 406
WEBSITES: The Missing Link, a listing of horror films of the 20s, 30s and 40s.
NOTES:

Hitlerjunge Quex
(1933) (UFA)
STARS:
Heinrich George
Berta Drews
Claus Clausen
DIRECTOR:Hans Steinhoff
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:SOUND.
STILLS:
* Unidentified actors flanking Claus Clausen. (U-5. S)
* Hermann Speelmans and Heinrich George. (U-5. S)
NOTES:English title Hitler Youth Quex. UFA's first official tribute to Fascist funeral pomp - Hitler Youth Herbert Norkus had been killed by a 'Marxist murderer.'. Premiered in Berlin on September 12, 1933. Baldur von Schirach wrote the lyrics of the Hitler Youth Song 'Our Flag Flies Before Us', used in the film.

Hochzeitsreise zu Dritt
(1932) (Mondiale-
Internationale Film Industrie)
STARS:
Brigitte Helms
DIRECTOR:Erich Schmidt
AVAILABLE?:

PLOT:
STILLS:
Brigitte Helm with hands pressed to her forehead. (B-5. S)
NOTES:English title Three on a Honeymoon. Premiered in Berlin on Jan 17, 1933.

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Halb-Blut (Half blood) (1919) (Decla-Bioscop) STARS: Ressel Orla, Carl de Vogt Gilda Langer, Carl-Gerrard Schr�der, Paul Morgan DIRECTOR: Fritz Lang SCREENWRITER: Fritz Lang PHOTOGRAPHER: Carl Hoffmann AVAILABLE?:	PLOT: STILLS: SOURCE BOOKS: Fritz Lang, by Lotte Eisner, pg. 23-24, 407 NOTES:
Hallo Janine (1939) (UFA) STARS: Marika Rokk DIRECTOR:Carl Boese AVAILABLE?:	PLOT: STILLS: * Marika Rokk dancing while chorus plays glittering pianos (U-5. S) * Chorus girls (U-5. S) NOTES:
Heidenr�slein (1916) () STARS: DIRECTOR:Franz Hofer AVAILABLE?:	PLOT: STILLS: * Three stills of an unidentified couple dancing. (S-5. S) NOTES:
Heimgekehrt (1912) () STARS: DIRECTOR:Franz Hofer AVAILABLE?:	PLOT: STILLS: * Unidentified actors. (S-5. S) NOTES:
Die Herrin der Welt (1919) (May-Film) STARS: Mia May Michael Bohnen DIRECTOR:Uwe Jens Krafft, Karl Gerhardt AVAILABLE?:	PLOT: STILLS: * Unidentified actors surrounding Mia May in the dock. (U-5. S) NOTES:A film in 8 parts.
Der Herrscher (1937) (Tobis-Film) STARS: Marianne Hoppe Emil Jannings DIRECTOR:Veit Harlan AVAILABLE?:	PLOT: Clausen, played by Emil Jannings, embodies 'the Fuhrer principle'. ''To serve the national community - that has to be the goal of every business leader who takes his responsibility seriously. That is the guiding principle for my work, and everything else must submit to it, without question, even if I run this business into the ground because of it.'' Clausen disinherits his family and leaves his company to the state, ''the national community.'' Someone ''called from the midst of the people'' will carry on his work, ''The genius of a born leader needs no teachers.'' STILLS: * Marianne Hoppe and Emil Jannings. (U-5. S) NOTES:English title The Ruler. A 'freewheeling version' of Gerhart Hauptmann's Vor Sonnenaufgang (Before Sunset)(1937), Veit Harlan was awarded the highest ratings ('of special national and artistic value') but also the National Film Prize of 1937.
Hilde Warren und der Tod (Hilde Warren and Death) (1917) (Decla-Bioskcop) STARS: Mia May as Hilde Warren, Hans Mierendorff, Bruno Kaster, Ernst Matray, Georg John, Fritz Lang in 4 roles: Death, an old priest, a young messenger, and a 4th Lang couldn�t recall (see Eisner book). DIRECTOR: Joe May SCREENWRITER: Fritz Lang AVAILABLE?: A fragment survives in the East German Staatliches Filmarchiv	PLOT: Actress Hilde Warren, (May), murders her new born child when she realises the father is a condemned murderer, but as a result she is haunted by spectral visions of Death, (Lang), and finally offers herself to him while waiting for her o wn execution in a prison cell. STILLS: Mia May trying on a hat. (S. F-5) SOURCE BOOKS: Fritz Lang, by Lotte Eisner, pg. 17, 406 WEBSITES: The Missing Link, a listing of horror films of the 20s, 30s and 40s. NOTES:
Hitlerjunge Quex (1933) (UFA) STARS: Heinrich George Berta Drews Claus Clausen DIRECTOR:Hans Steinhoff AVAILABLE?:	PLOT:SOUND. STILLS: * Unidentified actors flanking Claus Clausen. (U-5. S) * Hermann Speelmans and Heinrich George. (U-5. S) NOTES:English title Hitler Youth Quex. UFA's first official tribute to Fascist funeral pomp - Hitler Youth Herbert Norkus had been killed by a 'Marxist murderer.'. Premiered in Berlin on September 12, 1933. Baldur von Schirach wrote the lyrics of the Hitler Youth Song 'Our Flag Flies Before Us', used in the film.
Hochzeitsreise zu Dritt (1932) (Mondiale- Internationale Film Industrie) STARS: Brigitte Helms DIRECTOR:Erich Schmidt AVAILABLE?:	PLOT: STILLS: Brigitte Helm with hands pressed to her forehead. (B-5. S) NOTES:English title Three on a Honeymoon. Premiered in Berlin on Jan 17, 1933.