#790 – Frankenstein, 1931, James Whale
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Tag: 1931
#824: Tabu
#824 – Tabu, 1931, F.W. Murnau
The youngsters Matahi and Reri are in love with each other. The old warrior Hitu announces that Reri is to be the new chosen virgin for the gods. This means she must stay untouched, otherwise she and her lover will be killed. But Matahi abducts and escapes with her to an island ruled by the white man, where their gods would be harmless and powerless. Tabu is the last film from director F.W. Murnau; he died before the film’s premiere in a car accident.
#894: Mädchen in Uniform
#894 – Mädchen in Uniform, 1931, Leontine Sagan & Carl Froelich
A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films to explicitly portray homosexuality. Based on “Gestern und Heute” by German playwright Christa Winsloe.
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