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Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
Character: Diabola, Tierbändigerin
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
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Der Schatz des Abdar Rahmann (1913)
Character: N/A
Abdar Rahman, returning from a raid upon a neighboring tribe, brings with him, Romeika, the daughter of its sheik. She is introduced into his harem but repulses all his advances till messengers from her father brings a ransom by which the freedom of the girl is affected.
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Rübezahls Hochzeit (1916)
Character: Elfe
In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.
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Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (1918)
Character: Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.
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Jenseits des Stromes (1922)
Character: N/A
Beyond the River, a Gemrna silent directed by Ludwig Czerny and starring Walter Janssen & Ada Svedin.
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Die ideale Gattin (1913)
Character: N/A
The bachelor Paul lives as the only man in a household with his mother, his aunts, sisters and cousins. They are annoyed by his teasing.
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Der verlorene Schatten (1921)
Character: N/A
A man sells his shadow to gain success and fame but soon suffers the terrible consequences of that deal.
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Der Golem (1915)
Character: N/A
This mostly lost film is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble of an old synagogue in the 20th century. Brought to life by an antique dealer, the golem is used as a menial servant. Eventually falling in love with the dealer's wife, it goes on a murderous rampage when its love for her goes unanswered.
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Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)
Character: Miriam, the Rabbi's Daughter
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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Der Yoghi (1916)
Character: Myra
An Indian mystic uses his power of invisibility to scare a young inventor.
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Der Student von Prag (1913)
Character: Lyduschka - A Wanderer Girl
Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
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Das Weib des Pharao (1922)
Character: Makeda
The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
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