1912 Movies
Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1912, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.
The Mummy
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Lumpacivagabundus
Directed by: Géza von Bolváry
Der Fremde
Schuld und Sühne
Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Starring: Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Clara T. Bracy, Walter Miller, Alfred Paget, John T. Dillon, Madge Kirby, Harry Carey, Robert Harron, W.C. Robinson
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Georges Méliès
Starring: Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany
Country: France
Însir'te margarite
Directed by: Grigore Brezeanu, Aristide Demetriade
Starring: Aristide Demetriade, Ghita Bateria, Nicolae Soreanu, Zaharia Bârsan
A Ruined Life
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Starring: Hilda Borgström, Einar Fröberg, Anna Norrie, Richard Lund
Country: United States of America
Outline: A film about family secrets...and deathbed confessions.
La fièvre de l'or
Directed by: René Leprince, Ferdinand Zecca
Starring: Stacia Napierkowska, Claude Garry, Louis Ravet, Henri Étiévant
Le mystère des roches de Kador
Directed by: Léonce Perret
Starring: Suzanne Grandais, Émile Keppens, Léonce Perret, Max Dhartigny
Country: United States of America
Outline: The action takes place in Brittany .Fernand De Keranic wants to latch on to his niece and ward Suzanne's fortune.He tries to do away with her and her lover when she goes for a sail with ...
Independenta Romaniei
Directed by: Aristide Demetriade
Starring: Aristide Demetriade, Constanta Demetriade, Constantin Nottara, Pepi Machauer
Outline: The movie depicts the Romanian War of Independence (1877-1878).
Saved in Mid-Air
Directed by: Mauritz Stiller
Starring: Lili Beck, Victor Sjöström, John Ekman, Gunnel Holzhausen
Outline: "The Black Masks", a secret political society, involves the beautiful agent Lydia to apprehend an important official document. Lieutenant von Muehlen is a trusted member of another secret society. He is on the same mission.
The Springtime of Life
Directed by: Paul Garbagni
Starring: Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller, Georg af Klercker, Selma Wiklund af Klercker
Outline: Little Gerta, when her mother dies. is brought to her father, Carl Von Seydling, a government official, who deserted his wife and child a few years before. Councilor Van Seydling found the ...
The Flying Circus
Directed by: Alfred Lind
Starring: Rasmus Ottesen, Emilie Otterdahl, Lili Beck, Kirstine Friis-Hjorth
Country: United States of America
Outline: The Flying Circus was the largest traveling artist band in the country, and among its favorite artists were the rope-dancer, Laurento and the snake tamer, Ula Kiri. The hot blooded gypsy ...
Satana
Directed by: Luigi Maggi
Starring: Mario Bonnard, Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Fernanda Negri Pouget, Mario Voller-Buzzi
Country: United States of America
Outline: A four chapter film including Satan vs the Creator, Satan vs the Saviour, The Green Demon/Satan during the Dark Ages and The Red Demon/Satan in modern times.
Trädgårdsmästaren
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Starring: Victor Sjöström, Gösta Ekman, Lili Beck, Gunnar Bohman
Country: United States of America
Outline: A gardener runs a nursery. His son has fallen in love with the daughter of one of the workers at the nursery. The gardener, who has a good eye for daughter, runs furiously his son out of the house.
Bjørnetæmmeren
Directed by: Alfred Lind
Starring: Lili Beck, Peter Fjelstrup, Holger-Madsen, Richard Jensen
Camille
Directed by: André Calmettes, Louis Mercanton, Henri Pouctal
Starring: Sarah Bernhardt, Lou Tellegen, Paul Capellani, Jean Chameroy
Country: United States of America
Outline: Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by ...
Les Misérables, Part 1: Jean Valjean
Directed by: Albert Capellani
Starring: Henry Krauss, Henri Étiévant, Maria Ventura, Mistinguett
Country: United States of America
Outline: The story begins with Jean Valjean as a humble worker endeavoring to provide for his invalid mother. They live in a squalid home, made more wretched by his inability to provide sufficient ...
The Cheat
Directed by: Alfred Rolfe
Starring: Ethel Phillips, Charles Villiers, Stanley Walpole
Les Misérables, Part 2: Fantine
Directed by: Albert Capellani
Starring: Maria Ventura, Maria Fromet, Mistinguett, Henry Krauss
Country: United States of America
Outline: Jean Valjean, guilty of a minor theft of food, is pursued and hounded for years by a relentless lawman, Javert.
Dødsspring til hest fra cirkuskuplen
Directed by: Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen
Starring: Frederik Christensen, Aage Hertel, Alma Hinding, Frederik Jacobsen
Outline: A melodrama about the destitute Count lured into a circus environment and forced to show their daring high up in the circus dome.
From the Manger to the Cross; or, Jesus of Nazareth
Directed by: Sidney Olcott
Starring: R. Henderson Bland, Percy Dyer, Gene Gauntier, Alice Hollister
Country: United States of America
Outline: An account of the life of Jesus Christ, based on the books of the New Testament: After Jesus' birth is foretold to his parents, he is born in Bethlehem, and is visited by shepherds and wise...
Les misérables
Directed by: Albert Capellani
Starring: Henry Krauss, Henri Étiévant, Léon Bernard, Maria Ventura
Country: United States of America
Vampyrdanserinden
Directed by: August Blom
Starring: Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen, Svend Bille, Axel Boesen, Frederik Christensen
Outline: The man-hungry "vampire," later to be popularized by America's Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed by August Blom. Clara Wieth starred in the title role of ... See full synopsis »
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