A Day on Mars (German: Ein Tag auf dem Mars) is a 1921 German silent sci-fi comedy film directed by Heinz Schall and starring Lilly Flohr, Hermann Picha and Gerhard Ritterband. It premiered in Berlin on 20 February 1921.
, 1h10 Directed byRichard Oswald GenresComedy ActorsOssi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Henry Bender, Hermann Picha, Kurt Gerron, Paul Westermeier Rating58% De passage à la Scala de Berlin, Florian, un catcheur provincial, s’éprend de la danseuse Margot, fiancée à Edouardo, un artiste jaloux. La situation s'emberlificote encore plus quand l’épouse de Florian vient rendre une visite secrète à son frère, qui n’est autre qu’Edouardo ! S’ensuit un enchevêtrement de situations rocambolesques, ponctué de calembours, qui mènera les protagonistes jusqu’au petit matin.
Directed byMax Obal GenresAction, Adventure ActorsLuciano Albertini, Marc Porel, Paul Henckels, Raymond Pellegrin, Hermann Picha, Vivian Gibson Rating44% L’ingéniosité du magicien Harry Houdini et l’habileté du voleur Arsène Lupin. L’invincible Spaventa est en ville et a beaucoup à faire. Il doit non seulement échapper à la police, tirer sa fiancée des griffes d’une bande de malfrats, se marier, et en plus aider à la capture d’une bande de voleurs qui a eu le tort de le faire accuser d’un vol de diamants. Beaucoup trop pour un seul homme ? Certainement pas. Spaventa court, bondit, surgit, dévale, conduit, plonge, pédale, grimpe...
, 54minutes Directed byRobert Wiene OriginGerman GenresDrama, Horror ActorsConrad Veidt, Bruno Deciarli, Bernhard Goetzke, Mechthildis Thein, Hermann Picha Rating60% Count Greven (Bruno de Carli) returns to his old castle after spending several years touring the world. The servants note how the count has changed: he is now withdrawn and fearful. He orders that the doors to the castle be kept locked and no one admitted. When he is left alone in his room, Greven opens a chest he brought from his travels, inside it there is a strange statue that he adds to his vast collection of rare works of art. Several days pass and a worried servant (Bernhard Goetzke) informs the town's minister (Hermann Picha) about his master's melancholia. The old man visits the castle looking to help. The count confesses the minister how, during his stay in India, he had heard of a statue of Buddha that was so beautiful that it made the sick well and the sad joyous; while visiting the temple, he stole the figure and smuggled it back home. The count tells the minister that the temple's priest swore a terrible revenge upon him for his sacrilege, and he has been living in fear of their secret powers ever since. The minister leaves shocked, believing that Greven has gone mad. The count screams in despair that he no longer wants to live, since the agony of suspense is worse than death.