In 1919, following bombings of World War I, the town Arras is in ruins. The town hall and the belfry are destroyed, and homes have lost their facades or been reduced to piles of rocks. In the streets ...
During the First World War, near Château Thierry, the french and british armies are fighting against the ennemy. Wounded German soldiers are taken prisoners, a truck carries a 305 mm tank and a hot-a...
This documentary celebrates the return of the Italian soldiers from the French front and shows the welcome given by the authorities (among them: the major of Torino, the Princess Laetitia of Savoia, t...
Artillery tests at the Campo Militare of San Maurizio (San Maurizio Canavese, Torino): howitzers and mortars charging, pointing and firing.
Cavalry manoeuvres held on July 27th, 1912, by the Ticino river, in front of the Count of Torino: descent to the Ticino river, pontoon boats transportation, river crossing on horses. This event is do...
The animals used to live in peace in Animalopolis, until ambition and pride led them to the war. It is an original apologue on the foolishness of war, transposed in an imaginary world of animals actin...
The film most possibly shows Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867-1929), who later became Reichskanzler. Servants and curious onlookers in front of Schloss Buchau await the heir to the throne of Baden, wh...
Animation movie showing puppets of the plush toy company Steiff. A boy wearing a sailor suit plays with soldier puppets and falls asleep. In his dream, the puppets come to life.
Wide shot of a hospital corridor. Nurse Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová) stands in the middle of the corridor clasping hands with Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič), whose other arm...
Medium shot of several men sitting around a table with a half loaf of bread and a carafe of water. On the left sits Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta) with a bandaged neck. To the right sit Vyskočil (...
Wide shot of a corridor. Standing in front of the door to Dr. Šrámek's office are Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) and Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) flanked by Austrian military guards...
View of an office. A colonel of the Austrian army (actor: Jaroslav Marvan) and Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) are standing at a desk. Behind Šrámek are two military guards (on the right, a...
Wide shot of an office. Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) is sitting at a desk and pointing at another doctor standing on the opposite side of the desk. Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is st...
Wide shot of a corridor and a door with a sign indicating "MUDr. Fr. Šrámek." Standing in front of the door are nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), First Lieutenant Liška (actor: František ...
Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is lying on a hospital bed in the foreground. Three figures are standing over him: Nurse Mathilde (actor: Adina Mandlová) on the left, and doctors Šrám...
View of a hospital room. In the centre of the image, cadet Severa (actor: Stanislav Strnad) is lying on a bed and hugging his mother (actress: Marie Ptáková), who is sitting next to him. Rjepkin is ...
Die Rohfilmsorge, Der Kinematograph, 456, (1915), S. 15. Bericht über die Auswirkungen des kriegsbedingten Rohstoffmangels auf die Filmindustrie.
Rheinische Filmgesellschaft , Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren, Der Kinematograph, 645, (1919), S. 5.
Rennert, Malwine. „"Schatten im Licht“, eine Schmähschrift gegen die Lichtbilderei M.Gladbach." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,8 (1913/1914): 195-196. Rennert...
Schumacher, Carl. "Zur 'Kinodramatik'." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 63-64. Schumacher stellt die Abwesenheit von Dialogen als das Hauptproblem...
Der Soldat und das Kino, Der Kinematograph, 420, (1915), S. 11-12. In vielen Kinos würden Soldaten auf Heimaturlaub einen Großteil des Publikums bilden. Viele Kinobesitzer würden glauben, dass dies...