Movies: Max Skladanowsky

On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s Wintergarten Theater. With live musical accompaniment, the compilation program included short film sequences with f...

Two men in white leotards and tights, and black slips over it, wrestle on a theatre stage....

A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings....

Police parade in Germany....

Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act....

A man performs tricks on a theatre stage with a bowler hat and a billiards ball in equilibrium on his arms and body....

Filmed in 1896, this actuality captures everyday life at Alexanderplatz, one of Berlin’s central squares. The camera records crowds of pedestrians crossing the square, streetcars passing through, and horse-drawn vehicles navigating the busy traffic. ...

Fire brigade response to an alarm in Berlin....

Life and activity at Alexanderplatz, among other places....

The two inventors of the Bioskop, a sort of magic lantern that projected images so fast as to give the illusion of movement, bow to the camera at both sides of an empty screen. The scene was shown in continuity, at the end of the session, as if the p...

A man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage....

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Part of the Wintergartenprogramm....

Arrival of a railway train....

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance....

A young woman is a cook in a noble house, but she reads her favorite drama "Joan of Arc" as often as she can while she works. But that's not all, she passionately enjoys slipping into the role of her heroine....

Fire brigade turnout in Berlin....

Street scene in Berlin....

Police detachment in Germany....

Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots....