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Dimitri Buchowetzki

Dimitri Buchowetzki

1895-01-01
37
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

German and American director of Ukrainian origin, one of the leading European directors who filmed large-scale historical adaptations.

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

German and American director of Ukrainian origin, one of the leading European directors who filmed large-scale historical adaptations.

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Othello 1922 (6.9)

Even without the benefit of sound, the 1922 German adaptation of Othello seems more operatic than Shakespearean. This may be due to the casting of Emil Jannings, to whom restraint and subtlety were strangers. Werner Krauss, of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari fame, is on hand as the duplicitous Iago. Appearing as the unfortunate Desdemona is Lea Von Lenkeffy, better known as Lya de Putti. Produced on an elaborate scale, Othello may not be true to the letter of Shakespeare, but is undeniably a smorgasbord of visual delights.
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Mad Love 1921 (7.3)

Richard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A friend takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets him, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas to be institutionalised. Sappho genuinely falls in love with Richard, and decides to leave her vampy ways and her older lover behind her so that she can have him.
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Danton 1921 (5.7)

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.