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Montage of different sequences reconstructing the three-color additive synthesis process patented by Audibert.Read More »

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.Read More »

Synopsis
JEWELS is an early example of the visual fascination of dark Vienna. The film was released in 1930 as one of the last silent films under the powerful title SENSATION IM DIAMANTENCLUB. The screenplay was based on motifs from Hoffmann’s story ‘Das Fräulein von Scuderi’ (1819), which is considered the first crime story in German. Director Hans Brückner mixes some elements of the genre in his crime film, the palette ranges from classic ‘Whodunit’ to detective to elements of horror film, focuses on shadows, lighting effects, cross-fading according to German and drastic wrestling matches based on the American pattern. As a ‘modern’ script idea, the dissociative movement disorder, i.e. the psychological paralysis of a victim in shock, impresses a motif that will later prove to be indispensable for the horror repertoire. (Letterboxd)Read More »

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A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.Read More »

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Assisted by her maid, a woman undresses. Lying half naked on her bed, she reads and tosses around.Read More »

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A young woman receives a letter one morning, she is delighted and calls her maid to help her get dressed. In preparation for her appointment, she also calls a hairdresser and the maid prepares the mirrors accordingly. The hairdresser is very taken with the lady of the house and works on her hair, but gets too close to the woman and she tells him to leave the room.Read More »

Johann Schwarzer goes all Melies for this one, with semi-nude ladies magically emerging from behind his umbrella.Read More »

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.Read More »

Three young women are smiling and playing in a lake, their nude bodies reflecting in the water, when a forest watcher appears from the wood, and chases them away. They get out of the water, pick their clothes from tree branches, and move away before putting them on. The bearded man seems to be shy, but he is chasing after them through the wood, anyway.Read More »