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Jeanne Lanvin's Bathroom (1920-22) - Armand Rateau
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Count Orlok in Nosferatu (1922)

Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]

Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) (1922) - Benjamin Christensen [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]

Trivia

1922: US government allotted the choicest frequencies to operators who promised not to broadcast records

1922 [...] great silent horror masterpiece is undoubtedly FW Murnau's Nosferatu, still the most sublime vampire film ...

1922: Publication of Eliot's The Wasteland and Joyce's Ulysses

Fascism 1922 - 1943 [...]

Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, refers to the right-wing authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. The name comes from fascia, which may mean "bundle", as in a political or militant group or a nation, but also from the fasces (rods bundled around an axe), which were an ancient Roman symbol of the authority of magistrates. The Italian 'Fascisti' were also known as Black Shirts for their style of uniform incorporating a black shirt. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism [Nov 2004]

Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) (1922) Benjamin Christensen

Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) (1922) Benjamin Christensen [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]
Witchcraft through the ages is explored with dark wit in this silent classic. Writer-director Benjamin Christensen uses a historical study of witchcraft as a jumping-off point for a fascinating film that is part science, part horror, and part social commentary. This Criterion edition uses a beautiful print, a rearrangement of music from the original Danish premiere, and the original Swedish intertitles (with subtitles). Goodies include commentary by Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg, the option of watching a narrated version without intertitles, and test shots from the film. The test shots, in particular, give insight into the early filmmaking process, as when Christensen uses his own image to try out (and reject) a flying effect. This is a worthy edition to the collection of fans of horror films, silent films, and film in general. --Ali Davis for amazon.com
Description Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the middle ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

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