Tag: Hans Werckmeister

  • Top 10 Futuristic Silent Films

    Top 10 Futuristic Silent Films

    The birth of cinema coincided with a period of huge technological advances, followed by radical social upheaval. No surprise, then, that the silent era was a golden age for futuristic movies. Here we have gathered the ten best of the lot.

  • Algol

    Algol

    (6/10) Sci-fi inspired melodrama with political undertones, this 1920 film is an early, but slightly clumsy, example of German expressionism. Occasionally stunning visuals and camera work are hampered by a meandering script and good performances are lost due to the lack of any character development. Algol (Algol – Tragödie der…