This e-book is part of a twelve-volume series documenting the history of German film from its beginnings in 1895 to the present day using the collection holdings of the Deutsche Kinemathek. Each volume in ePUB format focuses on a decade and offers a concise overview of the cinematic masterpieces and milestones of that era, highlights famous films and films to be rediscovered, and pays tribute to the cinema, its audience and the creative minds behind the diversity of German film.
The complete work, which comprises over 2,700 objects from all areas of the collection and spans 130 years, is also available as a printed book and as a PDF in German and English.
The DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK is one of the world's leading institutions for the collection, preservation, and presentation of audio-visual heritage. Hundreds of thousands of objects are permanently preserved in its archives and are available for research into film and television history. In addition to scripts, photos, posters, costumes and designs, the collection also includes film equipment. The Kinemathek curates film series and exhibitions and restores and digitizes films. Its diverse activities, including installations, publications, educational formats, and conferences, encourage visitors to discover the world of moving images.

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Contents
Introduction
Guido Seeber and Animation Techniques
Friedrichstrasse, Berlin: An Early Center of the Film Industry
The Weekly Programs: Cinema of Attractions
Adventure Films from Hagenbeck's Zoo
Early Film Posters
Color in Early Film
The Birth of the Babelsberg Studio Lot
Women in the Film Industry in the 1910s
Foundation of the Geyer-Werke
The First International Star of German Cinema: Asta Nielsen
The First German Film Star: Henny Porten
The Emergence of Film Journalism
From Crank Box to Professional Film Camera
The Film Pioneer Luise del Zopp
Star Postcards from the 1910s
Early Cinema Culture
A Highly Successful Genre: Detective Films
A Touch of Hollywood: Fern Andra
Early Auteur Films
Field Cinemas in the First World War
Ernst Lubitsch and the 1918-19 Revolution in Berlin
Sittenfilme: Between Sex Education and Exploitation
Marlene Dietrich's Early Love of the Cinema
The Director Rudolf Meinert
Sensations in Series: Joe May's Multipart Prunkfilme
The Opening of the Ufa-Palast am Zoo