
Acting
Ossip Runitsch
Acting credits
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Psicha, die Tänzerin Katherina
1923
7.0Bulba's younger son Andry has fallen in love with Panochka since meeting her at the seminary in Kyiv. She is the daughter of the Polish provincial governor. Andry dreams of her and flees from school through a window to his beloved, climbs up a tree in front of her house and slips down the chimney into the house.
Taras Bulba
1924
6.5At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
Danton
1921
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die höllische Macht
1922
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Song of Triumphant Love
1915
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Woman Who Invented Love
1918
A method actress likes living out the roles she is playing in real life. To prepare for her new play, she enters the criminal underworld and ends up being implicated in a burglary of a Duke who is one of her suitors. The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.
Das Spiel mit dem Feuer
1921
NRContinuation of Chardynin's drama By the Fireplace. Lost film.
Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ...
1917
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Golden Twist
1917
9.0Jacques Lantier, the "human beast" of the title, has a hereditary madness and has several times in his life wanted to murder women. At the beginning of the story he is an engine driver, in control of his engine "La Lison". His relationship with "La Lison" is almost sexual and provides some degree of control over his mania.
Die Bestie im Menschen
1921
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ihr Fehltritt
1923
The happiness of two lovers is ruined by the composer's obsessive jealousy. Lost movie.
Soul Mates
1915
NRLost movie.
Burnt Wings
1915
6.0Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to become street musicians. This film formerly ran to 81 minutes – regrettably, the second half is considered lost.
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
1918
NRThe film is based on the words of a song performed by Iza Kremer in Odessa.
The Last Tango
1918
8.0Viktor, the son of Prince Gagarin, becomes engaged to the young Natasha, which Governor Malyutov, whose ward he is, does not like at all. So he does everything in his power to separate the two.
Das Donkosakenlied
1930
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Beast in Man
1917
NRNo synopsis available yet.
How They Lie
1917
NRThe love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
War and Peace
1915
4.0Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.
Cinema in Russia
1979
NRNo synopsis available yet.
At The Beauty's Altar
1917
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
1923
9.5"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.
A Corpse Living
1918
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tortured Souls
1917