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John Gottowt

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John Gottowt (born Isidor Gesang; 15 June 1881 – 29 August 1942) was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies. Gottowt was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. After his education in Vienna, he joined the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1905, working for Max Reinhardt as an actor and director. Gottowt was mainly active in different theatres in Berlin as a character actor and director. His first silent film appearance was in Paul Wegener’s Der Student von Prag ("The Student of Prague") (1913). In 1920 he appeared in Robert Wiene's Genuine and took the main role in the early science fiction film Algol. In 1921 he played Professor Bulwer (Abraham van Helsing) in the classic silent film Nosferatu directed by F.W. Murnau. Gottowt made also several films with his brother-in-law Henrik Galeen but, as a Jew, was banned in 1933 from working as a professional actor. After a few years in Denmark he moved to Kraków in Poland. He was murdered in 1942 by an SS officer while in hiding in Wieliczka, disguised as a Roman Catholic priest.

15-06-1881

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Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]

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Nosferatu: The First Vampire

Nosferatu: The First Vampire

The horror classic, Nosferatu, remastered with a soundtrack by Type-O Negative and hosted by David Carradine.
5.0

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1998

The Living Dead

The Living Dead

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).
5.8

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1932

The Twelfth Hour

The Twelfth Hour

A version of Nosferatu to which sound was added. Some scenes were left out and new ones were added including a different ending. Additionally all the characters names were changed.
0.0

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1930

The Flight in the Night

The Flight in the Night

Based on the play Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. Conrad Veidt plays Count di Nolli, a nobleman who, after a head injury, imagines he is the medieval emperor. His friends and relatives choose to play along, dressing up as medieval courtiers, but is di Nolli truly mad, or just pretending? The art direction was by Hermann Warm. It was shot on location in Italy. 6 acts, 1856 meters.
0.0

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1926

Waxworks

Waxworks

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.
6.4

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1924

Der schwarze Stern

Der schwarze Stern

Crime movie about a mysterious underground cult culminating in a prison revolt.
0.0

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1922

Nosferatu

Nosferatu

The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
7.7

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1922

Brennendes Land

Brennendes Land

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1921

The Night of Queen Isabeau

The Night of Queen Isabeau

The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
0.0

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1920

Algol: Tragedy of Power

Algol: Tragedy of Power

An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.
6.3

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1920

Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire

Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire

Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his friends, preferring to spend his time alone with the portrait in his study. After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life. Genuine comes to life from the painting and escapes.
5.6

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1920

The Hunchback and the Dancer

The Hunchback and the Dancer

Wilton, a hunchback, who was always scorned and ridiculed by women, returns from Java a rich man after having discovered a diamond mine. He romances Gina, who is on the rebound from a broken affair, and showers her with expensive gifts. After Gina reconciles with her boyfriend, she continues to see Wilton because of what he gives her. After he discovers her perfidy, Wilton develops a poison and mixes it into her lipstick, which will kill any man who kisses her. Lost film.
0.0

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1920

Der rote Henker

Der rote Henker

France in the first half of the 17th century, at the time of the Duke and all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu. The courtesan Marion Delorme falls in love with the nobleman Didier de Lassigny, although she is still with another nobleman at the time, the Marquis de Saverny. Marion then leaves the Marquis. This leads to a duel between the two aristocratic gentlemen, although duels were strictly forbidden in these circles by Richelieu. When this becomes known, Didier is put in chains and sentenced to death. Marion sacrifices herself for the sake of her new love, but the sacrifice is in vain. Didier, who refused to flee, is finally beheaded by order of the "red executioner" Richelieu.
0.0

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1920

Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend

Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend

Based on Henrik Ibsen's play.
0.0

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1919

Morphium

Morphium

0.0

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1919

Die Prinzessin von Neutralien

Die Prinzessin von Neutralien

Billionaire's daughter Ethel Vandergolt has rejected so many lovers that they set up a club to get revenge on her.
0.0

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1917

Das schwarze Los

Das schwarze Los

About members of a Commedia dell'arte troupe . Initially cheerful, later tragic events in a triangular relationship consisting of the classic Commedia triumvirate Pierrot, Colombina and Arlecchino.
0.0

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1913

The Student of Prague

The Student of Prague

Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
6.0

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1913