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Classics of German Cinema: 1920-1943

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Number of Discs
6

Release Date
21/05/2007

Studio
Eureka

format
DVD / Box Set

Duration
450

Certificate UK
PG

Description

Collection of German films from the Weimar Republic era. An important historical document primarily for the times in which they were made, these films are also important for the peculiarly German design of the sets and lighting which contributed greatly to the expressionistic style that would become a German trademark. Also worthy of note is that the film industry was largely populated by Jewish artists and directors at a time when they must surely have had more on their minds than making art. 'Der Golem' (1920) is a dramatisation of a Yiddish folk tale in which a clay monster is tamed by love. In 'Das Cabinet Des Dr. Cagliari' (1920), a young couple meet the sinister Dr Cagliari at a fair. He presents Csare - a somnambulist who can see the future. Alan asks jauntily how long he has to live and Csare answers 'till dawn'... In 'Asphalt' (1929), a young woman who has stolen a precious stone seduces the policeman sent to arrest her. 'The Blue Angel' (1930) sees a professor go into a speakeasy to roust his wayward pupils. He there meets a dancer 'Lola Lola' (Marlene Dietrich) with whom he becomes besotted. Finally, 'Munchausen' (1943) is a fantasy adventure way ahead of its time. It follows the life of Baron Hieronymus von Mnchhausen who'd been granted immortality by a sorcerer some 200 years previously. He recounts to a group of friends tales of his travels through Russia, his encounter with a man who could run more than 200 mph, and a ring he was given which would make him invisible. His story culminates in his recounting a trip to the moon where he meets headless plant people. The film would be re-made by Hollywood in 1988.

Director: Carl Boese
Director: Paul Wegener
Writer: Henrik Galeen
Writer: Gustav Meyrink
Producer: Paul Davidson
Music: Hans Landsberger
Actor: Paul Wegener
Actor: Albert Steinruck
Actor: Lyda Salmonova
Actor: Ernst Deutsch
Director: Robert Wiene
Writer: Hans Janowitz
Writer: Carl Mayer
Actor: Werner Krauss
Actor: Conrad Veidt
Actor: Friedrich Feher
Actor: Lil Dagover
Actor: Rudolph Lettinger
Director: Joe May
Writer: Joe May
Writer: Hans Szekely
Writer: Rolf E. Vanloo
Producer: Erich Pommer
Actor: Else Heller
Actor: Gustav Frolich
Actor: Betty Amann
Actor: Hans Adalbert Schelttow
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writer: Heinrich Mann
Writer: Karl Zuckmayer
Actor: Emil Jannings
Actor: Marlene Dietrich
Actor: Kurt Gerron
Actor: Rosa Valetti
Actor: Hans Albers
Actor: Reinhold Bernt
Director: Joseph von Baky
Writer: Gottfried Bürger
Actor: Wilhelm Bendow
Actor: Brigitte Horney
Actor: Michael Bohnen
Actor: Ferdinand Marian
Actor: Hans Brauswetter
Actor: Hermann Speelmans

Main Format
DVD

Keyword Index
Classics of German Cinema: 1920-1943|Paul Wegener

Colour
B/W

Region
Region 2

Subtitles
Subtitled

Extras 2
Languages(s): German, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu

Catalogue Number
EKA50030

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