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Happening next week (30.10.24 at 10am CET): Javier Samper Vendrell - A Film for Children? Autonomy and Vulnerability in Emil and the Detectives (1931). This is an online talk as part of the seminar series Cultures of Legality in Weimar Germany. More info- shorturl.at/IkkVW

Sorry for the lack of “birthday” posts so far this month folks! Molly’s been taken unwell (nothing serious just a bit of “freshers flu” now campus is abuzz with students again!). Normal service will resume when she’s feeling better! For now enjoy this gif!

On this day in 1887, German actress Lil Dagover was born! She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar Republic, starring in films such as Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) and Der müde Tod (1921). She continued to act during the Nazi period.

On this day in 1924, Carl Theodor Dreyer's Michael premiered in Berlin! Starring Walter Slezak as the titular Michael, the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret (Benjamin Christensen). Michael is widely considered a landmark in gay silent cinema.

Thank you so much for joining us at this fabulous event on Weimar Germany’s first “nasty women”! It is inspiring to learn more about the amazing work @magshenny @ks2956 and Elif @eyefilm are doing! Here’s to future collaborations and more nasty women!

On this day in 1888, German actress Hanna Ralph was born. Best-known for her role as Brunhild in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen (1924), she also stars in F. W. Murnau's filmic adaptation of Faust (1926).

On this day in 1924, Robert Wiene's film Orlacs Hände premiered in Berlin. Based on the novel by Maurice Renard, the film stars Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina & Fritz Kortner.

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On this day in 1891, German actor Hans Albers was born. He stars alongside Marlene Dietrich in Der blaue Engel and was one of the biggest German film stars of the twentieth century.

On this day in 1905, Swedish-American actress Greta Garbo was born! Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic and somber screen persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances.

On this day in 1919, Ernst Lubitsch's Madame DuBarry was released! Made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin, it stars Pola Negri in the title role alongside Emil Jannings as Louis XV.

On this day in 1904, the Jewish-Moravian Austrian-American director Edgar G. Ulmer was born. He co-directed Menschen am Sonntag with Robert Siodmak and he worked with Murnau in the USA on Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans in 1926.

On this day in 1890, the Jewish-Austrian actor Ernst Deutsch was born! He plays the antihero Famulus in Paul Wegener's The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920). He left Germany in 1933 due to National Socialist antisemitism.

On this day in 1930, the musical film Die Drei von der Tankstelle was released! Directed by Wilhelm Thiele, the film follows three friends as they build up their filling station. The film also stars Lilian Harvey and Willy Fritsch as lovers.

On this day in 1885, German actor Carl de Vogt was born. He starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films, including the two-part adventure film Die Spinnen (1919). De Vogt later became a member of the NSDAP and continued acting during the Nazi regime.