New Scala Theatre screened a 'super' production film entitled 'Passion.' This will be the first screening of a German film in London since the outbreak of the war in November. The film was screened in Germany under the name of 'Madame du Barry' [sic] featuring Mlle. Pola Negri, and also has been shown in America. Such screening will help counter the prejudices against German films. The Exhibitors' Association that banned all German films for at least five years after the date of Armistice, has now reconsidered the matter and has left it to the individual discretion of the exhibitors. Last May the firm of Goldwyn announced that they had obtained for exhibition in Britain four other German super-films, including 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,' 'Sumurun,' 'Destiny,' and 'Othello,' but none of these have yet been shown to the public.
Headline
German Films in England: First Since the Armistice
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Publication Date
1923-01-04
- Publication Year
1923
Page
9
Key Person
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Passion
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Actors
Pola Negri
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Norbert Falk
Country
Germany
Released
1920-12-01
Runtime
85 min
Genre
Biography
Language
None
Plot
The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
Rated
Not Rated
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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Actors
Werner Krauss
Director
Robert Wiene
Writer
Carl Mayer
Country
Germany
Released
1920-02-27
Runtime
67 min
Genre
Fantasy
Language
None
Plot
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination.
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Not Rated
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Sumurun
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Actors
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Friedrich Freksa (pantomime)
Country
Germany
Released
1921-09-25
Runtime
85 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
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Not Rated
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Destiny
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Actors
Bernhard Goetzke
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Fritz Lang
Country
Germany
Released
1922-01-30
Runtime
114 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
When a woman's fianc?? disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
Awards
2 nominations.
Rated
Not Rated
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Othello
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Actors
Emil Jannings
Director
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Writer
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Country
Germany
Released
1922-09-17
Runtime
79 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.
Rated
TV-PG
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