8.0 其它 · 1925 · 其它 · 科幻片
Margarete Schön,Theodor Loos,Paul Bildt,Margarethe Schlegel,Oscar Marion,Willy Kaiser-Heyl
Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe. 15 special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact. It its beautifully colored, using tinting and toning in a very elaborated way. Some visual ideas in the sequences with a space shuttle visiting different planets in the universe seem to have to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey. In the context of Germany's Kulturfilm phenomenon, Wunder der Schöpfung was among the greatest achievements of the 1920s. The production was constructed, rehearsed, and shot over a period of two and a half years, under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblum. The idea to describe the universe and man's place in it well suited UFA's Grossfilm mentality, one year before the Metropolis catastrophe. Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the project, building props and constructing scale models drawn by 15 special effects draughtsmen, while 9 cameramen in separate units worked on the historical, documentary, fiction, animation, and science-fiction sequences. Without star roles or even protagonists, the film's plot is crowded with meticulously structured and skillfully acted single scenes an artful mosaic of small vignettes. No less than four credited university professors ensured the factual background behind the scientific and historical events portrayed. The film's symbol of progress and the new scientific era is a spacecraft, travelling through the Milky Way, making all the planets and their inspiring worlds familiar to us, with the extravaganza of their distinctive features. The film's educational intentions, however, become steadily more obscure, humorous, or even campy as this popularization project proceeds. With the excuse of presenting the end of the world a not-so-new concept as a new, undeniably scientific truth, the film veers happily along a new path, displaying detailed apocalyptic scenes of the end of mankind. For today's audiences, this amazing film demonstrates how the universe was comprehended in the 1920s, and how that view was sold to contemporary audiences.
9.0 无对白 · 1924 · 德国 · 剧情片
Margarete Sch?n,Gertrud Arnold,Theodor Loos
根据德国古典史诗《尼贝龙根之歌》改编。本片共两部，第一部的副标题是《西格弗里德》或《西格弗里德之死》，又译《斩龙遇仙》；第二部《克伦希尔德的复仇》。第一部剧情：库山王子西格弗里德从传说中得知，如果能用丛林内的巨龙血液沐浴，就能全身刀剑不入，乃立刻启程斩龙取血。不料飘来一片树叶 贴在他的背上挡住了龙血。他自恃刀剑不入，乃出兵讨伐矮人国，夺取隐身头巾和尼伯龙根的国宝。后来，他更凭这两样法宝之助打败冰岛女王的武士，跟王妹克伦希尔德结婚。武士哈根获悉，将长矛对准被树叶贴住而未沾龙血的背部猛掷，西格弗里德应声倒地。第二部描述西格弗里德死后，克伦希尔德嫁给了匈奴国王伊泽尔，生下一个孩子。她邀请她的兄弟前来参加派对，并鼓励伊泽尔向杀死她前夫西格弗里德的凶手哈根报仇。不料哈根得到她兄弟们的保护，于是她必须为逼迫自己的兄弟交出哈根而展开一场激战。
6.0 其它 · 1940 · 其它 · 剧情片
Ferdinand Marian,Kristina Söderbaum,Heinrich George,Werner Krauss,Eugen Klöpfer,Albert Florath,Malte Jaeger,Theodor Loos,Hilde von Stolz,Else Elster,Walter Werner,Jakob Tiedtke,Otto F. Henning,Emil He
In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving, ambitious Jewish businessman, Suess Oppenheimer, snares a post as treasurer to the Duke of Wurttemburg by showering the corrupt duke with treasure and promises of even greater riches. As the Jew's schemes grow more elaborate and his actions more brazen, the dukedom nearly erupts into civil war. Persuaded by the Jew, the Duke all but scuttles the constitution and alienates the assembly by lifting the local ban on Jews in Stuttgart. In a final outrage, the Jew rapes a wholesome German girl and tortures her father and fiancee. When the Duke succumbs to a sudden heart attack, the assembly of Elders try the Jew and sentence him to death for having carnal knowledge of a Christian woman. Summary written by Kevin Rayburn