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Welcome to the American
Video Store for rare German Movies and volksmusik shows.
Please note:
All video tapes are in the American NTSC VHS video
format
and will play on all VCR's in North America. We are drastically reducing our
VHS inventory. This will be your last chance to obtain these beautiful ZDF
music videos and hundreds of classic German movies and heimatfilme. Due to
the limited demand in the USA, most of these movies will unfortunately never
be available on DVD in America.
Once our videos are gone, they're gone.!!!
We have drastically reduced the prices on over 2000 video titles closeout.
Make sure to buy these classics while they last.
Die Anfaenge der Filmgeschichte. Historisch und voller Meinung.
Bewundern Sie die unuebertroffene Ausdrucksfaehigkeit der
Schauspieler in der Kinderstube der Filmkunst. Fast alle Stummfilme
auf dieser Seite haben einen musikalischen Hintergrund.
These videos are hard to find film titles from the silent movie era. Most of
the videos will be discontinued. Please purchase the title while they are still
available.
Die Nibelungen
1924, German and English title cards, s/M, ca. 195 min. (in two parts), B&W
- The most famous German legendary classic magnificently directed by Fritz
Lang and starring Paul Richter and Margareta
Schoen. Germanic epic written at the end of the 12th century blends feudal
customs and Christian beliefs with even more ancient Teutonic legends and myths.
This is one of the most beautifully composed and photographed films in all of
cinema history!
| Order # SM 707 $29.95 Part 1: Siegfrieds Tod ca. 100 min | ||
| Order # SM 708 $29.95 Part 2: Krimhildes Rache ca. 95 min. | ||
Die Nibelungen
Silent, 1924 - On of the great achievements of the German silent cinema, Die
Nibelungen is a passionate retelling of Nordic legend, invested with all the
resources of the colossal UFA studios. Notable for its huge medieval era sets
and ambitious special effects, including a fully animated dragon, Fritz Lang's
epic established him as the maker of big films. This edition of Die Niebelungen,
mastered from German archival 35 mm materials, is more than 100 minutes longer
than any version previously available in the US and is presented with a magnificent
orchestral soundtrack of the original score.
Die Nibelungen Part I - Siegfried
b/w, ca. 142 min. - Lang's retelling of an ancient Norse legend is a towering
production, notable for its incredible special effects and immense sets that
rival his own Metropolis. Transferred from original German archive material
and with a triumphant score by Gottfried Huppertz.
Die Nibelungen Part II - Kriemhild's Revenge
b/w, ca. 150 min. - The sequel to the epic Siegfried, in which Kriemhild avenges
the death of Siegfried with the aid of Atilla the Hun and his marauders. Lang's
fascination with mob violence and the psychology of vengeance finds early expression
here, later figuring heavily in his films M and the Big Heat. Kriemhild's Revenge
is newly mastered from original German archive material.
The complete five-hour epic from Fritz Lang is available as a two disc set.
Special features also include: Footage of Fritz Lang on the set; Production
design and special effects sketches by Erich Kettelhut; Comparison of the dragon-slaying
scenes from Siegfried and The Thief of Bagdad (1924); New and improved English
title translation by Ingrid Scheib Rothbart; Photo gallery, including rare behind-the-scenes
images, etc.
| Order # KV 2652 Set of 2 DVDs $39.95 |
Nosferatu (Dracula)
Germany, 1921, English subtitles, ca. 65 min., B&W - A German classic! The
first film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula and still
one of the most frightening movies ever produced. The cinematography crosses
the boundary between brilliance and genius as the story of the insatiable vampire
unfolds. Set picturesquely in middle Europe during an unspecified time in the
past, Nosferatu is the story of a man who journeys to a distant mountain town
on business. He finds is curiously deserted, save for Graf Orlok, the proprietor
of the local manor. Not long afterwards, a ship arrives at the traveler's home
town. The craft is virtually empty, except for rats, pestilence and the ghastly,
spider-like owner of Orlok castle, whom the villagers in daylight call Nosferatu.
Directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max
Schreck, Alexander Granach, and Gustav
von Wagenheim.
| Order # SM 725 was |
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Nosferatu - Now on DVD
Germany, 1922, silent with music score, color tinted, ca. 93 min. - This new
presentation of Murnau's classic is mastered from original German material recently
made availble to Kino and is the most complete version available. An espressionist
telling of Bram Stoker's Dracula so faithful to the original tale of vampirism
that Stoker's widow sued. Rather than depicting Dracula as a shape-shifting
monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlock (as portrayed by Max Schreck)
is a nightmarish, spidery creature of bulbous head and taloned claws -- perhaps
the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism yet envisioned. Nosferatu
was an atypical expressionist film in that much of it was shot on location.
While directors such as Lang and Lubitsch built vast forests and entire towns
within the studio, Nosferatu's landscapes, villages and castle were actual locations
in the Carpathian mountains. Murnau was thus able to infuse the story with the
subtle tones of nature: both pure and fresh as well as twisted and sinister.
Supplemental features include: Lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau:
Journey into the Night (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Phantom (1922), The
Last Laugh (1924), Faust (1926), Tabu (1931); Photo Gallery, New and improved
English intertitle translation, etc.
| Order # KV 2532 DVD $19.95 |
Nosferatu: The First Vampire
1922/1927, b/w, ca. 75 min. - Digitally remastered version of Murnau's
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, hosted by David Carradine.
Based on the Novel by Bram Stoker. Directed by Friedrick W. Murnau. Max Schreck
as Count Dracula the Vampire in the often-told tale of the evil Count from Transylvania.
It recounts the eternal battle between good and evil, love and hate, innocence
and death. A young man must combat the devil incarnate in the form of the sinister
Count Orlock, better known as Nosferatu - The Undead, in order to save his sould
and the woman he loves. Nosferatu represents on e of the first treaments of
the Vampire on film and remains a classic in cinematic history. This updated
version will both thrill and horrify new generations for years to come. Murnau's
Nosferatu can truly be called The First Vampire.
| Order # SM 4411 $29.95 | ||
Nosferatu: The First Vampire
1922, b/w, English titles, ca. 105min. - Based on the Novel by Bram
Stoker. Directed by Friedrick W. Murnau. Max
Schreck as Count Dracula the Vampire in the often-told tale of the evil
Count from Transylvania.
| Order # SM 530 Out of print. | |
| Order # VFN 1353 was $29.95 | ||
| Order # OL 1064 | |
The Oyster Princess
With English untertitles, 1919, ca. 70 min. - Ernst Lubitsch.
This witty satire on the American businessman and the Prussian aristocracy tells
the story of Ossi (Ossi Oswalda),
whose American "Oyster King" father promises to buy her a prince to
marry. The victim recommended by their marriage broker is Prince Nucki, who
lives in a run-down apartment with his friend Josef. What follows is one of
the most lavish weddings ever filmed, but the wedding night is not at all what
the "princess" had in mind. With Harry Liedtke,
Victor Janson.
| Order # FA 211 was $33.95 | ||
Othello
1922, S/M, ca. 81 min. - Directed by Dmitri Buchowtzki
with Emil Jannings, and Werner
Kraus. Jannings' towering presence dominates
this ambitious early Shakespeare classic!
Othello - Now on DVD
Germany, 1922, b/w, silent, ca. 80 min. - One of the Bard's most darkly psychological
tragedies finds a fitting home in the lugubrious sets of the German silent screen.
With Emil Jannings.
| Order # SM 726 was $29.95 | ||
DVD Extras include: Four Shakespearean silent shorts. Essay by Douglas Brode.
| Order # KV Othello DVD $29.95 |
Pandora's Box
Germany, 1928, English subtitles, ca. 110 min., B&W - Directed by G.
W. Pabst with Louise Brooks.
Originally released in 1928 Pabst's erotic adaptation of Frank
Wedekind's "Lulu" plays was mutilated by censors and reviled
by critics of the era. Today's restoration of Pandora's Box reveals a masterpiece
of the silent era, a momentous meeting of director and star. For the role of
Lulu, a destroyer of men who is ultimately destroyed by Jack the Ripper, the
German director rejected a young Marlene Dietrich
in favor of American actress Louise Brooks, the epitome of the modern woman
of the 1920s. Together they produced a startling sex tragedy and an unorthodox
femme fatale who is the true victim - of her own carnality and German upper-class
morality.
| Order # SM 751 was $29.95 | ||
Passion (Madam Dubarry)
Germany, 1919, ca. 92 min., B&W - Directed by Ernst Lubitsch with Pola
Negri, Emil Jannings, and Harry Liedke. A romanticized
story of private life of the well known courtesan who was Louis XV's mistress
until her death on the guillotine.
| Order # SM 730 | |
Potemkin
1925, ca. 67 min. - The story of the sailors of the Battleship Potemkin who
rebelled when ordered to eat maggot-ridden meat. The citizens of Odessa rise
up in their support but are massacred by Czarist troops.
| Order # SM 100 was $29.95 | ||
Q Ships
German and English, ca. 1926, English title cards, ca. 45 min., B&W - The
story of a German sub-commander and the conflict he suffers over his morality
and his loyalty to his country. See battle in the first World War and the blockade
of Britain. blown up from a 9,5mm film print. A collector's dream!
| Order # SM 731 was $29.95 | ||
Ruf des Nordens
Abenteuerfilm, silent, German commentary by Luis Trenker, 1929, b/w, ca. 64
min. - Auf einer Polarexpedition im ewigen Eis wird's kalt und lebensgefaehrlich.
Das muss Trenker, der hier einmal nicht auf Bergeshoehen turnt, schmerzlich
bis zum guten Ende erfahren. Tolle Naturaufnahmen in diesem dokumentarisch angelegten
Abenteuerspielfilm.
| Order # CH 610 was |
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Secrets of a Soul
1925, ca. 58 min. - This bizarre film is based on a Freudian interpretation
of dreams. Directed by G. W. Pabst. Cast: Werner
Krauss, Jack Trevor, Ruth Weyher. This bizarre film is based on a Freudian
interpretation of dreams. It was supervised at the time by Freud's associates
- Jung and Adler.
| Order # GPV 795 Out of print. | |
| Order # FA 598 | |
| Order # FA 790 Out of print. | |
Spies
Germany, 1928, s/M, ca. 121 min. - Truly the granddaddy of all espionage adventure
films; ingenious strategies and political twists, murder and revenge, black
mail and sabotage, secret codes, bugging devices and disguise, heart-throbbing
chases and explosive violence and beautiful female spies seducing and deceiving
their way to vital plans! Produced just after his science fiction epic Metropolis,
and using much of the same cast and crew - Fritz Lang's
Spies continues the director's fascination with futuristic technology, expressionistic
design and sweeping adventure. Spies depicts the efforts of Haghi, a wheelchair-bound
criminal mastermind, to gain control of the nation's wealth and political power
through a network of ruthless agents. In his way stands #326, Donald Tremaine,
who leads an army of government operatives in a last-ditch effort to destroy
Haghi's empire. Spies is more than an adventure film, it is a darkly pessimistic
view of postwar Berlin, which Lang portrays as a Babylonian society that has
overindulged in decadence, bringing about a corruption that could destroy them
all. Starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy
Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Lupu
Pick.
| Order # SM 732 Out of print. | |
Spies - Now on DVD
Germany, 1927, b/w, new recording,silent movie, original musical score, ca.
150 min. - For years available only in a truncated 88 minute version, Spies
is now available in the original 2 1/2 hour version. The respected director
of an international bank, Haghi doubles as a criminal mastermind who heads a
spy ring specializing in the theft of government documents.
| Order # KV Spies DVD $29.95 |
| Order # KN 1026 was $29.95 | ||
| Order # SM 2160 was $29.95 | ||
The Student of Prague
Germany, 1913, German title cards, ca. 60 min., S/M - The original print! A
romantic drama photographed in Castle Belvedere in Prague and Palace Fuerstenberg
in Lobkowitz and other historic places. Directed by Paul
Wegener with Lothar and Grete
Berger.
| Order # SM 733 was $29.95 | ||
The Student of Prague
Germany, 1926, German subtitles, ca. 93 min., S/M - Extremely rare, this is
the second silent version of this classic starring Conrad
Veidt as a young student who sells his soul to the devil in return of
the love of a young woman. Unfortunately, his soul becomes his evil twin and
causes much trouble. The climactic scene is a sword fight between Veidt and
his soul. Quality: fair.
| Order # LSC 103 $29.95 | ||
Tartuffe / The Way to Murnau - Now on DVD
Tartufe Germany, 1925, silent with music score, tinted, ca. 63 min. - The Way
to Murnau, Germany, 2003, ca. 35 min. - Moliere's fable of religious hypocrisy
is brought to the screen by Murnau in a modernized retelling starring Emil Jannings
and Lil Dagover. Includes The Way to Murnau, a documentary on Murnau's life
and career.
| Order # KV Tartuffe/The Way to Murnau DVD $29.95 |
Variety
1925, English title cards, s/m, ca. 70 min. - A delightful love story!
| Order # SM 735 was $29.95 | ||
Vampyr
Germany, 1931, German narrative titles, ca. 66 min. - Danish director Carl
Dryer's legendary horror film about a young man who becomes entangled
in the maraudings of a vampire... an old spinster. Also known as The Strange
Adventure of David Gray, this is one of the truly off-bear classics of the Schiller
genre. While the print has the original German narrative titles, the story is
sufficiently self-explanatory and shouldn't pose a problem for viewers.
| Order # SM 734 was $29.95 | ||
The Wandering Jew
Austria, 1920, ca. 65 min. - Rudolph and Joseph
Schildkraut, Thomas Morley, Tom
Pearson. Jew is condemned to wander the earth forever. Directed by Otto
Kreisler. English titles.
| Order # VFN 1707 Out of print. | ||
| Order # SM 24 was $29.95 | ||
Wax Works - Now as DVD
Germany, 1924, silent, color tinted, ca. 83 min. - In this rarely seen masterwork
of German expression, a trilogy of terror is woven around the wax figures of
a carnival side show. Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible (Conrad Veidt), and
Haroun al Raschid (Emil Jannings) all spring to life on the screen though a
variety of visual techniques. DVD Extras include: Paul Leni's 1926 short Rebush
Film 1. Excerpt from Douglas Fairbank's The Thief of Bagdad.
| Order # KV Wax Works DVD $24.95 |
Weird Tales (Unheimliche Geschichten)
German subtitles. This film, thought to be lost for many years, is a compilation
of several Edgar Allen Poe stories. With Richard
Oswald. Quality: fair.
| Order # LSV 104 | |
| Order # FA 11450 Out of print. | |
| Order #SM 989 was $29.95 | ||
The Woman in the Moon - Now on DVD
Germany, 1919, silent movie, color tinted, ca. 168 min. - Humankind's first
voyage to the moon, as only Fritz Lang could imagine it. This sci-fi fantasy
boasts remarkable effects and features a motley crew, including a scientist
hunting for gold on the moon. Lang's final silent film foreshadowed several
real-life aspects of space travel, and was written by his wife Thea von Harbou,
who also wrote Metropolsi and M.
TheDVD includes a gallery of reare production photographs.
The Women Men Yearn For
1928, German language, English language title cards, ca. 74 min.
| Order # VFN 2282 Out of print. | |
| Silent Version? |
| Order # KV 3842 DVD $29.95 |
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
U.S., 1987, Documentary, English language, ca. 26 min. - A focus on films produced
in Germany in the 1920;s. A must for every video collector!
| Order # FV 113 | |
| Order # R 001 Out of print. | ||
To view descriptions of other silent videos click on the link
below.
Fuer weitere Stummfilme mit den Anfangsbuchstaben von A bis M einfach unten
klicken.
Alles klar?
Please note: Due to frequent changes of suppliers of our
silent
video tapes, all descriptions and times are subject to change without notice.
Please order now while we still have a small
supply left of these silent German classics.
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