Author Archive: Retro

Part one of Lang’s epic fantasy “Die Niebelungen”, based on German mythology of a dragon slaying hero who goes up against the evil queen Brumhilde. Followed by “Kriemheld’s Revenge”. English titles.

After being betrayed to the law by one of his henchmen, a bandit leader seeks to avenge himself.

Duncan is secretly shipping explosives by ship and needs the Flying U ranch which has shore access. Chip breaks up his murder and robbery attempts and eventually captures two of his henchman. Duncan has to show his hand to rescue his men and now Chip and the posse know who they are after.

A married diplomat falls hopelessly under the spell of a predatory woman.

EROTIKON surely pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on the screen in 1920: Irene, the bored wife of a distracted entomologist, pursues a womanizing aviator, but she may actually be in love with Preben, her husband’s best friend. Meanwhile, her husband seems to be getting unusually close with his own niece. Stiller obviously delights in teasing his audience with each scandalous plot twist and every salacious leer, and the result is a deliciously subversive comedy that was very much ahead of its time.

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn’t know they once belonged to a murderer

The exploits of Brigadier Gerard who helps expose Foreign Minister Talleyrand as a traitor to Napoleon.