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Wilhelm II or William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen; English: Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia) (27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was a grandson of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe. Crowned in 1888, he dismissed the Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, in 1890 and launched Germany on a bellicose "New Course" in foreign affairs that culminated in his support for Austria-Hungary in the crisis of July 1914 that led to World War I. Bombastic and impetuous, he sometimes made tactless pronouncements on sensitive topics without consulting his ministers. He was humiliated by the Daily Telegraph affair in 1908 and lost most of his power. His generals dictated policy during World War I with little regard for the civilian government. An ineffective war leader, he lost the support of the army, abdicated in November 1918, and fled to exile in the Netherlands.
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Actors: Peter Schamoni (writer), Rob Houwer (producer), Peter Schamoni (producer), Arthur Brauss (actor), Kaiser Wilhelm II (actor), Otto Sander (actor), Peter Schamoni (actor), Peter Schamoni (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Mario Adorf (actor), Peter Schamoni (director), Donald Arthur (actor), Silke Matzpohl (composer), Salome Kammer (actress), Thomas Krattenmacher (editor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Phyllis Laing (miscellaneous crew), Guy Maddin (director), Guy Maddin (writer), Guy Maddin (editor), Ed Baran (miscellaneous crew), Greg Klymkiw (producer), Greg Klymkiw (actor), Victor Cowie (actor), George Toles (writer), Ari Cohen (actor), Brent Neale (actor), Brent Neale (actor), Ranji Panikkar (actor), Bif Naked (actress), Kyle McCulloch (actor),
Plot: Lt. John Boles, a one-legged soldier, is assisting the White Russians in the Russian Arctic during World War I. He finds himself in Archangel, a crystalline city of spires and domes, inhabited by some very confused people. Boles loves Iris, who is dead, and meets Veronkha, whom he mistakes for Iris. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin, who forgets he is married to Veronkha. Veronkha thinks Boles is Philbin...
Keywords: 1910s, absurd-comedy, absurdism, adultery, aerodrome, airplane, allegory, amnesia, amputee, archangel-russiaActors: E.G. Marshall (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Ron Haddrick (actor), Steve Bisley (actor), Robert Mammone (actor), Gerard Kennedy (actor), Barbara Carrera (actress), Bob Baines (actor), Nathaniel Lees (actor), Rebecca Rigg (actress), Jeanette Cronin (actress), Barry Quin (actor), Anna Maria Monticelli (actress), David Nettheim (actor), Alfred Bell (actor),
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Plot: A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
Keywords: 1910s, anti-war, army, based-on-play, exclamation-point-in-title, family-relationships, general, independent-film, punctuation-in-title, satireActors: Paul Muller (actor), Alexandre Mihalesco (actor), Renaud Mary (actor), Georges Chamarat (actor), Hubert de Lapparent (actor), Joé Davray (actor), Daniel Ceccaldi (actor), Pierre Duncan (actor), O.E. Hasse (actor), René Hell (actor), Charles Bouillaud (actor), Robert Lamoureux (actor), Robert Lamoureux (actor), Robert Lamoureux (actor), Paul Préboist (actor),
Genres: Crime, Mystery,Actors: Robert Stolz (composer), Ernst Marischka (writer), Gerdago (costume designer), Richard Eybner (actor), Paul Hörbiger (actor), Fritz Imhoff (actor), Wolfgang Jansen (actor), Wolfgang Lukschy (actor), Josef Meinrad (actor), Hans Moser (actor), Gunther Philipp (actor), Adrienne Gessner (actress), Susi Nicoletti (actress), Magda Schneider (actress), Romy Schneider (actress),
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Plot: Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who was raised 'Doin' What Comes Naturally'. Frank Butler, the star sharpshooter in 'Colonel Buffalo Bill''s show, however, knows full well that's not how 'The Girl That I Marry' must be. Anyway, not at least until he finds that 'My Defences are Down'. Though Annie defiantly says 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better', she realizes that 'You Can't Get a Man With a Gun'. The victor at the end is love; as you know, 'It's Wonderful'. After all, 'There's No Business Like Show Business'.
Keywords: adoption, adoptive-father-adopted-daughter-relationship, american-indian, american-indian-stereotype, arrow, balloon, based-on-stage-musical, battle-of-the-sexes, berlin-germany, birdActors: Maxwell Karger (producer), Maxwell Karger (writer), Margaret McWade (actress), Creighton Hale (actor), Helen Ferguson (actress), Frederick Truesdell (actor), Joseph Kilgour (actor), Henry Kolker (actor), Leo Delaney (actor), Edward Connelly (actor), Frank Currier (actor), Andy Clark (actor), Karl Dane (actor), June Mathis (writer), Albert S. Le Vino (writer),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: Mark M. Dintenfass (producer), William Nigh (editor), William Nigh (director), Charles Logue (writer), Karl Dane (actor), Jack L. Warner (producer), William Nigh (actor), Percy Standing (actor), Earl Schenck (actor), Fred Hearn (actor), Harry M. Warner (producer), Eugene Acker (actor), Louis Dean (actor), Halbert Brown (actor), Willard Dashiell (actor),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: Herbert Brenon (director), Edward Connelly (actor), Charles Craig (actor), Paul Porcasi (actor), William E. Shay (actor), Conway Tearle (actor), Pauline Curley (actress), Herbert Brenon (producer), George Edwardes-Hall (writer), Georges Deneubourg (actor), Alfred Hickman (actor), Nance O'Neil (actress), Robert Paton Gibbs (actor), James C. Bradford (composer), Sonia Marcelle (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,