For the second part of our ongoing series on films from exactly one century ago, we're looking at some serious classics and rediscovered gems from Weimar Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. With chats about the first abstract films, the impact of film expressionism, the Kammerspielfilm, works by some of the greatest talents the cinema has ever known, and much more.
Filmography (all from 1921)
'The Wildcat' (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)'Sappho' (aka 'Mad Love') (dir. Dimitri Buchowetzki)'Lady Hamilton' (dir. Richard Oswald)'Backstairs' (dir. Leopold Jessner)'Shattered' (dir. Lupu Pick)'The Haunted Castle' (dir. F.W. Murnau)'Journey Into The Night' (dir. F.W. Murnau)'The Indian Tomb' (dir. Joe May)'Four Around The Woman' (dir. Fritz Lang)'Destiny' (dir. Fritz Lang)'The Flying Koffer' (dir. Lotte Reiniger)'Lichtspiel Opus I' (dir. Walther Ruttmann)'Rhythmus 21' (dir. Hans Richter)'Labyrinth of Horror' (dir. Michael Curtiz)'Arrival From The Darkness' (dir. Jan S. Kolar)'The Poisoned Light (dir. Jan S. Kolar)'Janosik' (dir Jaroslav Siakel)
The soundtrack includes Phil Graves' arrangements of '1921' by The Who (German translation by Emmett), 'Mad Luv' by Future, 'Eyesight To The Blind' by Sonny Boy Williamson (arr. The Who), 'Behold A Marvel In The Darkness' by Deerhoof and '100 Years Ago' by The Rolling Stones.
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co-produced by Emmett Cruddas & Sam Storey
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