A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.

Waxworks (1924) BDRIP 576p x264 AC3 KJNU.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/42B3A837C702822/Waxworks_(1924)_BDRIP_576p_x264_AC3_KJNU.mkv

Language(s):English Intertitles
Subtitles:None

The post Leo Birinsky & Paul Leni – Das Wachsfigurenkabinett AKA Waxworks (1924) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

The.Last.Command.1928.BDRIP.576p.x264.FLAC.KJNU.mkv
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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 28 min
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https://nitro.download/view/D8BAE9D6415ED28/The.Last.Command.1928.BDRIP.576p.x264.FLAC.KJNU.mkv

Language(s):English Intertitles
Subtitles:None

The post Josef von Sternberg – The Last Command (1928) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The most incendiary of Nazi Germany’s anti-British films, and one of the most audaciously cynical movies ever made. Conceived by Joseph Goebbels’ Propaganda Ministry as a propagandistic blockbuster, this lavish production leaves no stone unturned in its bitter indictment of Great Britain, which at the time (early 1941) stood alone as Germany’s wartime foe. In its historical re-enactment of the Second Boer War, Ohm Krüger depicts Britain as a relentlessly aggressive power, hell-bent on world domination; the film’s remarkable set pieces feature a scotch-swilling Queen Victoria, a cruelly conniving Cecil Rhodes and a Winston Churchill look-alike who presides over a murderous concentration camp. On the Boer side stands saintly “Uncle” Krüger, portrayed as a model of simple dignity and unerring moral right by one of the world cinema’s greatest actors, Emil Jannings. By far the most expensive film produced in Nazi Germany up to the time, Ohm Krüger offers plenty of “wild west” frontier grit alongside its vivid battle scenes, as though John Ford’s Monument Valley had been transposed onto South Africa’s Transvaal region. The shattering conclusion – a concentration camp massacre – provokes and disturbs even today, not only due to its undeniable artistry, but more because of how it invites comparison with the still greater horrors we associate with Nazi Germany – atrocities this movie was designed to rationalize and exonerate.

Ohm.Kruger.AKA.Uncle.Kruger.1941.DVDRip.x264.mkv

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Runtime:	2h 9mn
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https://nitro.download/view/135C8A7ADA1371D/Ohm.Kruger.AKA.Uncle.Kruger.1941.DVDRip.x264.mkv

Language(s):German
Subtitles:English,Russian

The post Hans Steinhoff & Karl Anton & Herbert Maisch – Ohm Krüger aka Uncle Kruger (1941) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Immanuel Rath is a stuffy, disciplinarian professor who is shocked to discover his students passing around a postcard of Lola-Lola, a singer at The Blue Angel cabaret. Hoping to catch his students there, Professor Rath visits the nightclub and witnesses Lola-Lola’s performance. Entranced by her dissolute charms, he gets drunk on champagne and spends the night with her. The ensuing scandal causes him to lose control of his students and he is terminated from his position. Returning to Lola, he agrees to marry her and joins the troupe. His humiliation at having to play a clown onstage is compounded by Lola’s attraction to the strongman Mazeppa. To make matters worse, the troupe returns to the professor’s hometown, forcing him to acknowledge how far he has fallen.

The Blue Angel.English.1930.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 44 min
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https://nitro.download/view/DDD4DCAAE3A8915/The_Blue_Angel.English.1930.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Josef von Sternberg – Der Blaue Engel AKA The Blue Angel [English Version] (1930) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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In 1919, before Ernst Lubitsch was known for his famous “touch,” the master director made something like nine films–a perfect opportunity for an artist to really practice his craft. Even he had to start somewhere.

Madame du Barry was retitled Passion to avoid the anti-German sentiment after World War I. Even though it was a French title and a French story, in Europe the movie was connected to the German director Ernst Lubitsch. Lubitsch’s name appeared nowhere in the American posters or movie titles so the movie wouldn’t bomb in America.

The great German actress Pola Negri plays the title character, a poor seamstress who becomes the courtesan of King Louis XV (Emil Jannings), and forces him to promote her secret lover to lieutenant in the royal guard so that he will be close to her. The story ends in tragedy for the lovers, but also a Bastille Day triumph.

Though Lubitsch’s famous “touch” is not yet in evidence, he does give a certain lightness to the usually heavy and stuffy costume genre. For decades afterwards, most costume movies would drag along and bore generations of filmgoers who would pretend to be enlightened. This time, there’s no pretending. Part of the reason for this lightness is the stripped-down sets. Lubitsch rarely shows any wide shots of great opulence. But when he does, it counts for more than just showing off.

A great example is in the scene where Negri meets Mr. Dubarry, the man who she will eventually marry. She’s dining with a soldier who is romantically interested in the poor seamstress. Dubarry pays a surprise visit and she hides behind a partition. She attempts to tease and tickle her date without attracting the attention of the unwanted guest. Lubitsch lets the teasing go on for a few minutes before revealing that Dubarry can see the entire episode in a conveniently placed mirror.

4.37GB | 1h 54m | 960×720 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/50C73514F155DBC/madame.dubarry.1919.720p.bluray.x264-ghouls.mkv

Language(s):German
Subtitles:English (muxed SRT)

The post Ernst Lubitsch – Madame DuBarry aka Passion (1919) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner’s daughter in the stories.

1.76GB | 1h 20mn | 764×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9DDCBCE20500B0E/Waxworks.1924.HDTVRIP.576p.x264.E-AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:English Intertitles
Subtitles:French hardsubbed

The post Leo Birinsky & Paul Leni – Das Wachsfigurenkabinett AKA Waxworks (1924) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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“The rule of coal is gone. The bios plants will provide power to the world from today!” In this rediscovery of Weimar cinema, a dystopian vision of unfettered capitalism that is eerily contemporary, a coal miner makes a Faustian pact with the otherworldly Algol, an alien who teaches him how to harness the energy of his home star and become the most powerful man on earth. Together they become megalomaniacal CEOs of the “Bios-Werke,” lording over the nations of the world by monopolizing renewable energy and by turning workers into slaves.

3.33GB | 1h 43mn | 1920×1080 | mkv

https://nitroflare.com/view/E84C117C4AE8E66/Algol.1920.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-KG.mkv
https://nitroflare.com/view/F525449634705E9/Algol.1920.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-KG.srt

Language:German intertitles
Subtitles:English (muxed)

The post Hans Werckmeister – Algol – Tragödie der Macht AKA Tragedy of Power (1920) first appeared on Cinema of the World.