A very young girl is married to a older Baron, the commissioner of the county. Read More »
Tag Archives: Gustaf Gründgens
Hundred Days (1935) Hundert Tage
On February 26, 1815 Napoleon leaves his exile on Elba. Read More »
Danton (1931) Hans Behrendt, Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim, Gustaf Gründgens
At the height of the French Revolution, the fanatic Robespierre brings Read More »
Faust (1960) Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens, Will Quadflieg, Ella Büchi
The aging scientist Faust is desperately in search of knowledge and insight, but without success. Read More »
End of an Affair / So endete eine Liebe (1934) Karl Hartl, Paula Wessely, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
The political advisor to the French emperor Napoleon, and the Austrian emperor Franz I Read More »
Das Mädchen Johanna / Joan The Maid (1935) Gustav Ucicky, Angela Salloker, Gustaf Gründgens, Heinrich George, Biography, Drama, History
The story of Joan of Arc has been filmed so often that it need not be repeated here. This 1935 version obviously can’t quite compete with the masterworks Dreyer, Bresson, or Rivette derived from the same story, but it’s nevertheless a very effective film which focuses much more on the intrigues of the men around Joan than on the girl herself, who gets surprisingly little screentime. Read More »