Ossip Runitsch

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

A method actress likes living out the roles she is playing in real life. To prepare for her new play, she enters the criminal underworld and ends up being implicated in a burglary of a Duke who is one of her suitors. The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Jacques Lantier, the "human beast" of the title, has a hereditary madness and has several times in his life wanted to murder women. At the beginning of the story he is an engine driver, in control of his engine "La Lison". His relationship with "La Lison" is almost sexual and provides some degree of control over his mania.

"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.

The film "Last Tango" is based on the words of the song that she sang singer Iza Kremer, speaking at that time in Odessa.

Артистка Пола, оставившая цирк по инвалидности мужа-акробата, уходит из семьи к богатому человеку, предложившему бросить к ее ногам недвижимость и сердце. Замечательное исследование пороков предреволюционного общества, где представлены «хозяева жизни» — крупные собственники, манипулирующие не только капиталами, но и человеческими судьбами.

An adaptation of the Tolstoy novel.