List of films made by Continental-Kunstfilm explained

See main article: Continental-Kunstfilm.

This list of films made by Continental-Kunstfilm GmbH is incomplete. The majority of films in this list are considered lost.

The list is sorted by date, then by film title. The dates shown (where known) may include: Berlin police censor (Zensur), Registering (Prüfung), copyright (UK or US), and first performance.

Incomplete list of films made by Continental-Kunstfilm GmbH
TitleDirectorWriterDate[1]
[2]
(comedy)
Pferde-kur ("Drastisch-Komisch") [3]
Schlau-Mayer
Lebensbilder
Blinde Liebe
Die Macht der Jugend (fp)
[4]
("The Yellow Peril)"
Zweimal gelebt
(A Second Life) 		Max Mack (banned, no fp?)
Alles für eine Mark
(comedy) 		[5]

("Trickfilm")
[6] [7]
[8] [9] (regd.)
(fp)
Scherben bringen Glück [10] [11] [12] (fp)
Titanic [13]
In Nacht und Eis[14]
(Shipwrecked in Icebergs) 		,
Max Rittberger (prod.) 		(reg)
(fp)
Großmütterchens Jugendstreich[15] (fp)
Mirakel [16]
(Das Marienwunder, eine alte Legende) (DE)
(Sister Beatrix) (UK)
(The Miracle) (US)
(The Miracle of Sister Beatrice) (US)		 after
(unauthorised)
(US press showing)

(Banned, Berlin censor)

(fp, US)

(fp, UK)[17]
(fp, Ger.)
(Over 18, Berlin censor)

Die Fremdenlegion
Mona Lisa ? (regd.)
(Documentary series) [18]
In der Tiefe des Schachtes (de)[19]
(Adults only) 770m
Gelbstern (regd.)
Peter auf dem Witwenball
(Documentary) (censor)
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes (de)
(The Balkan Traitors)
Das ist der Krieg
(in Austro-Hungary)[20] 		-Das ist der Krieg[21] (The Higher Courage) -->
Mittelmeerfahrt des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bremen. (?)1. Bild: Sizilien. Messina und Palermo (Documentary) [22]
Mittelmeerfahrt des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bremen. 2. Bild: Tanger (Documentary)
Mittelmeerfahrt... (?)3. Bild: Algier, Tunis, Malta (Documentary)
Mittelmeerfahrt... (?)4. Bild: Korfu (Documentary)

(Triumph of Death
|| || || (fp)|-| Bumke als Mr. Meschugge || || || |-| Bumke hat den Drehwurm entdeckt || || || |-| Bumke, der Hundefeind || || || |-| Bumke macht einen Haupttreffer || || || |-| Bumke soll sich das Rauchen abgewöhnen || || || |-| || || || |-| Fabrik-Marianne || || || |-| Lotos, die Tempeltänzerin (Der Tempeltänzerin Todestanz)|| || || |-| Teddy als Ehestifter (Teddy the Matchmaker) [23] || || || |-| || || || |-| || (Documentary) || || (fp)|-| Mannequins || || || |-| Als Hexe verurteilt
(Condemned for Witchcraft) || || || |-| Bumke als Bursche || || || (regd.)|-| Bumkes Hochzeit oder die verhängnisvolle Hummermayonaise || || || (regd.)|-|Zertrümmerte Ideale || || || (regd.)|-| || || || |-| Schatten der Nacht
(Shadows of Night) || || || |-| Bumke als Räuber wider Willen || || || |-| Bumke als Othello || || || |-| Scheingold || || || |-| Bumkes erster und letzter Ritt || || || (fp)|-| || ||
(Art dir.) || |-| || || || |-| Bumkes Glück bei Frauen || || || |-| Bumke ist kitzlig || || || |-| Wie die Blätter... (extant) || || || (regd.)|-| Surry der Steher (The Cyclist's Last Leap) [24] || || || (regd.)
(USA)|-| Bumke als Brieftrager (Der Brieftrager) || || || |-| Entsagungen (de)
(Doom of Darkness) || || || |-| || || || (fp)|-| Vendetta || || || |-| Zwischen Himmel und Erde (de)[25] [26]
(Twixt Earth and Sky) || || || |-| || || || |-| || || || |-| || || || |-| || || || |-| Knickohr || || || |-| Nach dem Tode || || || (regd.)|-| Signes List || || || |-| Back to the West || || ||
(USA)|-| Daredevil Dolly [27] || || ||
(USA)|-| || || ||
(USA)|-| (The Miser's Ward) || || ||
(USA)|-| || || ||
(USA)|-| || || || |-| Denn die Elemente haßen || || || |-| Geschwister || ||, adapted from her La Griffe || |-| || || || |-| Man muß sich zu helfen wissen || || || |-| Der Diamantensucher || || || |-| Die Gefahren des Vollbarts || || || |-| || || || (banned until February 1919)|-| (The Mystery of the Fatal Pearl) || || || |-| Sensation of the Age || || || (US copyright)|-|
=Die Mona Lisa von Groß-Kleindorf || || || (fp)[28] |-| || || || |-| || || || [29] |-| || || || |-| || (became ill)
|| (camera) || (censor)|-| Flug zur Westgrenze
(His Record Flight) || || || (US copyright)[30] |-| || ||, Joe May (prod.) || (fp) (Adults only, banned 1916–1918)|-| || ||
Paul Leni (design) || |-| Der Talisman || || || |-| Albert duelliert sich || || Albert Paulig || |-| Albert hat Leibschmerzen
(Albert hat die Sprache verloren) || || Albert Paulig || (banned)|-| Alberts Patentstrohhut || || Albert Paulig || (adults only)|-| Brillante Praxis || || || (banned)|}
Films which don't belong in the list[31]
TitleDirectorWriterDate
Heimat und Fremde
(Made by PAGU)

(The Armoured Vault) 		,
Ernst Reicher 		(fp) Made by Stuart Webbs-Film at Continental Studios[32]

See also

List of film production companies

References

Notes
Citations
Sources

Notes and References

  1. Many dates are incomplete, but may include date of first performance or date of Censorship board (City Police or Reichsfilmzensur)
  2. Starred Fritz Achterberg, Maria Berthelsen, Hermann Seldeneck & . See Der Strohwitwer at CITWF.
  3. Advertised date of release: Lichtbildbühne . Continental-Kunstfilm-Ges.. . 23 March 1912 . 12 . 5 [pdf 155] . German.
  4. Included Siegwart Gruder (de) in the cast
  5. Advertised release date: Der Kinematograph . 284 . 5 June 1912 . 5 [pdf 5] . Continental-Kunstfilm (Ad.) . German.
  6. Possibly(?) based on Book: Dreyer, Max . Die Hochzeitsfackel . 1907 . Munich . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt .
  7. Plot outline, Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 23, pp. 38c-40a [pdf 88]
  8. Plot description, Der Kinematograph, No. 287, 26 June 1912 (title page p. 163) Neue Films [pdf p. 186-188] (in German).
  9. Ad for Das Gespenst, brief plot summary a& release date. Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 2 [pdf 100]
  10. See Polterabend for possible explanation of the title.
  11. Ad with brief plot outline Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 3
  12. Advertised for future sale Lichtbildbühne . Continental-Kunstfilm (Ad.) . 28 September 1912 . 5 . 39 . 10–11 [pdf 192] . German.
  13. Pre-release title. Ad, Lichtbildbühne, 8 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 4
  14. Description of shooting Titanic at 123 Chauseestrasse: Lichtbild-Bühne, 15 June 1912, Issue No. 24, p. 18. "Besuche in Berliner Kino-Ateliers II", pp. 18,23 [pdf p. 116,121] Part I about Deutsche Vitaskope, previous occupiers of 123 appeared in LBB No. 17, (April) 1915.
  15. Plot outline, Der Kinematograph, No. 287, 26 June 1912 (title page p. 163) Neue Films [pdf p. 186-188] (in German). Also p. 166, ad. for In Nacht und Eis
  16. Advance double-page publicity: Lichtbildbühne . Mirakel . 7 September 1912 . 5 . 36 . 22–23 . German.
  17. Daily Telegraph, 18 December 1912.
  18. Advertised release date: Lichtbild-Bühne . 5 October 1912 . 5 . 40 . 32 [pdf 36] . Continental Kunstfilm (advertisement) .
  19. Plot description: Lichtbild-Bühne . 19 October 1912 . 5 . 42 . 66 [pdf 196] . Der Filmeinkaüfer .
  20. A misreading of the US Library of Congress volumes of copyright films has led to A.J Danziger being credited with directing Das ist der Krieg: he was merely the director of the New York Film Co., Continental's US distributors.
  21. Starring Ernst Rückert.
  22. Dates are construed from date of 'Tanger'.
  23. Web site: - YouTube. 2022-11-20. www.youtube.com.
  24. Distributed by General Special Feature Film Co. in Jan. 1914. The Billboard, 10 January 1914
  25. This film is extensively analysed (in German) by Kurt Pinthus in his «Kinobuch» (1914) (page at Bibliotheca Augustana).
  26. Pics and lengthy plot description: Lichtbild-Bühne . Zwischen Himmel und Erde . 19 July 1913 . 6 . 29 . 16-17, 38-42 [pdf 182, 206] .
  27. Distributed by True Feature Film Co. in the US
  28. A detailed description of the plot appears in Lichtbild-Buhne, Issue 49, 6 December 1913, on pp. 61, 70, 74.
  29. This is the earliest surviving Stuart Webbs film.
  30. Starring Anton Ruckert, Eva Speyer & Eduard Rothauser, camera Willy Hameister. Not on Filmportal.de or Imdb as of 08/2012.
  31. Web site: archive.ph. https://archive.today/20130423204914/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/285654?view=credit. dead. 2013-04-23. 2022-11-20. archive.ph.
  32. Web site: Das Panzergewölbe | filmportal.de. www.filmportal.de.

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