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In this drama, an impoverished Irishman decides to turn an IRA colleague into the cops to receive a desperately needed reward that will allow him to escape to America with his mistress. Unfortunately his plans go awry and the young man is filled with guilt by his friends who once held his high ideals. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

	
The.Informer.1929.Silent.BDRip.x264-KG.mkv

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Language(s):Silent
Subtitles:English Intertitles

The post Arthur Robison – The Informer [Silent] (1929) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Circus and variety films were a popular genre in the silent film era. This was Robert Reinert’s last film collaboration; he died before the production was finished. It tells the story of a clown who hides his identity while courting a young female artist. The atmospheric sets by Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig, the masterful direction by Arthur Robison, and especially the dramatic performance by Werner Krauss raise the film considerably over other works in the genre. The elaborate digital restoration by the Munich Film Museum displays the film’s visual beauty.

Can it be possible that people are so impressed with circus films? Here is another, and the theme is one we know inside out, backwards, forwards, and upside down. Nevertheless, Robison has managed to give us a film which – story apart – is able to hold our attention, and now and then our admiration. Werner Krauss, for once acting straight and not in character, has never been better. His role as clown is hardly important, and does not matter. It is the Krauss behind the clown, the – so to speak, ache behind the smile, that matters. He has insuperable suavity, a charming worldliness. And power. There is no one false gesture, not one over emphasis, not even one moment where the triviality of what he has to do seems trivial, for he has succeeded in giving a profound character study, which in itself and unrelated to other incident could not be bettered. Jenny Jugo has great quality, and is convincing and consistent in the part of a sullen, stupid girl. Her sullenness is very adroitly conveyed through her various flirtations, and the entirely meretricious character is drawn with exactitude and good balance. The photography, the lighting are good, and the technique brisk and convincing.

Close Up, Nr. 3, September 1928

4.74GB | 2h 07m | 1920×1080 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/20824037D31AD50/Die.Todesschleife.1928.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-KG.mkv
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Language(s):German intertitles
Subtitles:English

The post Arthur Robison – Die Todesschleife AKA Looping the Loop (1928) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Imdb:
Extraordinary Soap Opera
12 August 2009 | by GManfred (Ramsey, NJ)

I am not a fan of Soaps. Too often they are predictable and boring and descend into bathos -‘Womens’ Pictures’. But this picture was so spectacular in all respects that I was taken aback by its sheer accomplishment. Critic Kenneth Tynan said that one must ‘suspend one’s disbelief’ to take part in the movie experience. If that is the case, this picture became real; it was not a play on the screen performed by mere actors.

The story is familiar but the production is not. Direction is skillful and the photography is perfect. The picture moves quickly and the acting is superb. Francis Lederer was good, Brigitte Helm was even better, and Warwick Ward, who plays Col. Beranoff, spit and polish and bent on revenge, was outstanding. He was the glue that held the cast together and was a riveting presence whenever he was on screen.
I could go on and on, but enough. I am rearranging my own top 10 films to include this one. I caught it at the Capitolfest in Rome, N.Y.,8/09, in 35MM. That is the way it should be seen, as a small screen would diminish this picture in more ways than one.

And I don’t like Soaps.

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Language:Silent
Subtitles:French, German,English

The post Hanns Schwarz – Die Wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna AKA The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929) first appeared on Cinema of the World.