Gustave Preiss

Фильмы

The love market
Cinematography
a silent movie by Heinz Paul
Die Todesfahrt im Weltrekord
Refuge
Director of Photography
After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and had to leave the country as a result. Impoverished and lonely, he struggles on alone until the market saleswoman Hanne offers him shelter, although she does not have much money either. They fall in love and Martin even finds work on the construction site for the subway through Tempelhofer Feld. One day, however, he collapses there, whereupon the pregnant Hanne tries to nurse him back to health.
Der falsche Prinz
Cinematography
a silent movie by Heinz Paul
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
Cinematography
Film by Manfred Noa.
Der Wilderer
Director of Photography
A hunter is hired by a count to track down a poacher who has been killing deer on his estate.
Helen of Troy
Director of Photography
Helena is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Edy Darclea, Vladimir Gajdarov and Albert Steinrück. The film was based on the poem the Iliad by Homer. It was released in two separate parts: The Rape of Helen and The Fall of Troy. It was produced by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in Munich. The film was made on an epic scale with thousands of extras, and large sets which rivalled those of the larger Berlin-based UFA.
Kœnigsmark
Cinematography
To fulfill her Father's wish, Grand Duchess Aurora (Huguette Duflos) is forced into an unhappy marriage with Grand Duke Rudolph (Henry Houry). He prepares to leave for the Congo but is murdered by his own brother (Georges Vaultier). Aurora goes to Paris with her father and, there, is told on the phone of her husband's death. After returning to the Kingdom, she meets a tutor (Jaque Catelain) who falls in love with her..
Nathan der Weise
Cinematography
Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Ehrenschuld
Director of Photography
Returning home after a lengthy time at sea, a man must choose between his childhood sweetheart and another woman who was somehow involved with the untimely death of his brother.
Max, der Vielgeprüfte
Director of Photography
Caravan of Death
Cinematography
Caravan of Death (German: Die Todeskarawane) is a 1920 silent German film, it was an adaptation of the latter half of the Karl May novel From Baghdad to Stamboul, and is now considered to be lost. The film featured Bela Lugosi playing an Arab Sheik pitted against European travellers in an adventure story set in the Sahara. It was the second of three films released by Ustad based on desert adventure novels by Karl May. Although Karl May’s widow praised the film, critics were unimpressed and it was a commercial failure.
Die Benefiz-Vorstellung der vier Teufel
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One out of three silent adaptations of the novella "Les quatre diables" written by Danish author Herman Bang. The most famous one, although unfortunately lost, is without any doubt F.W. Murnau's "4 Devils". This German version, by Danish director A.W. Sandberg, was done eight years prior to Murnau's American one, and was a big success at the time.
The Black Tulip Festival
Cinematography
Based on the novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.
Die Geächteten
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