Archival Spaces 374: Hanns Heinz Ewers Novel, Alraune (1911) Uploaded 30 May 2025 A couple of months ago, I recorded a Blu-ray commentary for the 1927 German horror film, Alraune, directed by Henryk Galeen, and distributed in America as Daughter of Destiny. The Blu-ray will be released by Deaf Crocodile around Halloween. The script byContinue reading “374: Alraune”
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371: German Genre Films II
Archival Spaces 371 Berlinale Retrospective II Uploaded 18 April 2025 Six weeks ago I posted my blog about the Berlinale Retrospective “Wild, Weird, Bloody. German Genre Films of the 70’s,” which included films from both East and West Germany: crime, horror, musicals, melodramas, not New German Cinema. I also noted that I missed a numberContinue reading “371: German Genre Films II”
368: 75th Berlinale (Retrospective)
Archival Spaces 368 Retro: German Genre Films from the 1970s 7 March 2025 Hard to believe that it was 51 years ago that I attended my first Berlinale film screening. I actually wasn’t in town that Summer of 1974 for the Festival but rather to research my master’s thesis (Ernst Lubitsch) at the Deutsche Kinemathek,Continue reading “368: 75th Berlinale (Retrospective)”
366: German Musicals 3
Archival Spaces 366: Marta Eggerth’s First Film Uploaded 7 February 2025 The independent film producer/director Richard Eichberg produced his films up to early 1928 at UFA’s Babelsberg Studios, then moved his base of operation to London’s Elstree Studios and British International Pictures, although he also continued to produce films in Berlin. In 1930, Eichberg hiredContinue reading “366: German Musicals 3”
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