Jan-Christopher Horak
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The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Overview: The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-01
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Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Overview: Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2004-12-19
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Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
Overview: Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Der Weg des Ruhms
Overview: Documentary about Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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Mythos Metropolis
Overview: Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-03-01
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Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Overview: Documentary about Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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Made in Hollywood: Die Welt des Raoul Walsh
Overview: Documentary about Raoul Walsh
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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The Other Eye
Overview: This film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was considered a giant of early cinema before his reputation went behind a cloud.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-25
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Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
Overview: Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others), Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin documents the life of the legendary filmmaker from his birth in 1892 to his departure for Hollywood in 1923. The documentary is sprinkled with excerpts from Lubitsch's rarely-seen early work (both as actor and director) and offers fascinating insights into the German film industry in the silent era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-09-22
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Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
Overview: "Secrets of a Hollywood Star" is another documentary made after "Calling Hedy Lamarr" in 2006. It features interviews with Hedy's friends in both Europe and Hollywood and her film/studio partners.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-21
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Lex Barker - Westernheld und Playboy
Overview: He is the most sought-after man in Europe in the 1960s. Lex Barker embodies the flawless hero in his films and, as Old Shatterhand, becomes a role model for generations of fans. Revered in Europe, misunderstood and almost forgotten in his native America. But who was this American who rode through Yugoslavia in a leather costume for the European audience? In 1973, Lex Barker died of a heart attack on the streets of Manhattan in New York. But no one recognizes the man who was Tarzan in Hollywood. Nobody knows him or cares about that he, as Winnetou's friend, is revered as an icon in Europe. Lex Barker's European western adventures are just a footnote in American film history. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death, the documentary tells the story of one of the most beautiful men who ever flickered across Europe's cinema screens, for whom European cinema proved to be a stroke of luck and for whom a failed Hollywood career took him via Italy to Germany.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2023-10-01
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G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
Overview: Film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak discusses Pabst's 1930 film "Westfront 1918".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-24
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G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
Overview: Film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak discusses Pabst's 1931 film
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-24
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Overview: The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Overview: This documentary short takes you inside the fascinating world of film preservation and restoration.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-22
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The Road to 'Dracula'
Overview: A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-21
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Overview: Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Overview: The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-06
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Brecht vs. Pabst: The Transformation of The Threepenny Opera
Overview: The documentary traces the tragic story of the "Threepenny Opera" from stage to screen and ultimately to the bitter lawsuit between Bertolt Brecht and the film producers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-17
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The History of the L.A. Rebellion & Jamaa Fanaka
Overview: An appreciation by Jan-Christopher Horak, Director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive
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Original Language: en
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