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Published by Nero-Film AG, Germany, 1932
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage double weight press photograph of Brigitte Helm for the 1932 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1919 novel "L'Atlantide" by French writer Pierre Benoit, and a remake of the 1921 film of the same name by Jacques Feyder. The film was shot in French, German, and English, each version starring Brigitte Helm as the Queen of Atlantis, a secret kingdom underneath the Sahara Desert. Two explorers discover Atlantis accidentally, only to find that the though the queen often takes lost men as lovers, she is quick to make mummies of them. Shot on location in Algeria and Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1943
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage borderless reference photograph of Georg Wilhelm [G.W.] Pabst on the set of the 1943 German film. Production stamps on verso. Made to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Paracelsus. Story of the 16th century Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), played by Werner Krauss. Made under the auspices of the Third Reich (Pabst's second film upon his forced return to Germany after a period in France), Paracelsus took on a new vogue in early 1940s Germany, attributing Nazi ideals and a hyper-Germanness to the Swiss alchemist and physician. After the collapse of the Third Reich, Pabst would go on to forcefully denounce Nazism. Shot on location in Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic. 7 x 9.75 inches. Light creasing and edgewear, else Near Fine.
Published by Bavaria-Filmkunst, N.p., 1943
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage borderless reference photograph of director G.W. [Georg Wilhelm] Pabst with a camera crew on the set of the 1943 Nazi propaganda film. Stamp of Bavaria-Filmkunst on the verso. A dramatization of the life of Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus. The second of two films Pabst was forced to direct under the auspices of propaganda minister Josef Goebbels, the other being "The Comedians" in 1941. 7 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine.