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- Notes
- ↑ Many dates are incomplete, but may include date of first performance or date of Censorship board (City Police or Reichsfilmzensur)
- ↑ A misreading of the US Library of Congress volumes of copyright films has led to A.J Danziger being credited with directing Das ist der Krieg: he was merely the director of the New York Film Co., Continental's US distributors.
- ↑ "archive.ph". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ↑ The Veiled Image of Groß-Kleindorf is a typical example of the genre of the prize puzzle film (Preisrätselfilm) that existed briefly before the First World War. Certain events were shown on the screen without specifying an end to the story. Viewers could then submit written suggestions to newspapers such as the Berliner Tageblatt on how the film should end. The winner received prize money of 8,500 marks (52,135 euros). The resolution film was to be released on February 20, 1914.(Source:Gerhard Lamprecht (1969). Deutsche Stummfilme 1913–1914, p. 55. Berlin.) Despite the considerable sum of money, the genre of the prize puzzle film was not able to establish itself in Germany.
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- ↑ Starred Fritz Achterberg, Maria Berthelsen, Hermann Seldeneck & de:Siegwart Gruder. See Der Strohwitwer at CITWF.
- 1 2 3 Advertised date of release: "Continental-Kunstfilm-Ges." (PDF). Lichtbildbühne (in German) (12): 5 [pdf 155]. 23 March 1912.
- ↑ Kasten 1996, p. 214.
- ↑ Included Siegwart Gruder (de) in the cast
- ↑ Kasten 1996, p. 218.
- 1 2 Advertised release date: "Continental-Kunstfilm (Ad.)" (PDF). Der Kinematograph (in German) (284): 5 [pdf 5]. 5 June 1912.
- ↑ Possibly(?) based on Dreyer, Max (1907). Die Hochzeitsfackel. Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt.
- ↑ Plot outline, Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 23, pp. 38c-40a [pdf 88]
- ↑ Plot description, Der Kinematograph, No. 287, 26 June 1912 (title page p. 163) Neue Films [pdf p. 186-188] (in German).
- ↑ Ad for Das Gespenst, brief plot summary a& release date. Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 2 [pdf 100]
- ↑ See Polterabend for possible explanation of the title.
- ↑ Ad with brief plot outline Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 3
- ↑ Advertised for future sale "Continental-Kunstfilm (Ad.)" (PDF). Lichtbildbühne (in German). 5 (39): 10–11 [pdf 192]. 28 September 1912.
- ↑ Pre-release title. Ad, Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 4
- ↑ Description of shooting Titanic at 123 Chauseestrasse: Lichtbild-Bühne, 15 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 18. "Besuche in Berliner Kino-Ateliers II", pp. 18,23 [pdf p. 116,121] Part I about Deutsche Vitaskope, previous occupiers of 123 appeared in LBB No. 17, (April) 1915.
- ↑ Plot outline, Der Kinematograph, No. 287, 26 June 1912 (title page p. 163) Neue Films [pdf p. 186-188] (in German). Also p. 166, ad. for In Nacht und Eis
- ↑ Advance double-page publicity: "Mirakel" (PDF). Lichtbildbühne (in German). 5 (36): 22–23. 7 September 1912.
- ↑ Daily Telegraph, 18 December 1912.
- ↑ Advertised release date: "Continental Kunstfilm (advertisement)" (PDF). Lichtbild-Bühne. 5 (40): 32 [pdf 36]. 5 October 1912.
- ↑ Plot description: "Der Filmeinkaüfer" (PDF). Lichtbild-Bühne. 5 (42): 66 [pdf 196]. 19 October 1912.
- 1 2 3 Dates are construed from date of 'Tanger'.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distributed by True Feature Film Co. in the US
- ↑ Distributed by General Special Feature Film Co. in Jan. 1914. The Billboard, 10 January 1914
- ↑ This film is extensively analysed (in German) by Kurt Pinthus in his «Kinobuch» (1914) [ permanent dead link ] (page at Bibliotheca Augustana).
- ↑ Pics and lengthy plot description: "Zwischen Himmel und Erde" (PDF). Lichtbild-Bühne. 6 (29): 16–17, 38-42 [pdf 182, 206]. 19 July 1913.
- ↑ A detailed description of the plot appears in Lichtbild-Buhne, Issue 49, 6 December 1913, on pp. 61, 70, 74.
- ↑ This is the earliest surviving Stuart Webbs film. ( Hesse 1996 , p. 145)
- ↑ Starring Anton Ruckert, Eva Speyer & Eduard Rothauser, camera Willy Hameister. Not on Filmportal.de or Imdb as of 08/2012.
- ↑ "Das Panzergewölbe | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de.
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- Hesse, Sebastian (1996). "Ernst Reicher alias Stuart Webbs: king of the German film detectives". In Elsaesser, Thomas (ed.). A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789053561720.
- Kasten, Jürgen (1996). "From Peripetia to plot point: Lautensack and 'Zweimal Gelebt' (1912)". In Elsaesser, Thomas; Wedel, Michael (eds.). A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades. Film culture in transition. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789053561720.