Nobody (film series)

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“Nobody” was the name of the male title hero of a silent detective film series, which was produced in 1921 under the direction of Josef Stein by the two production companies Nobody-Film GmbH (Berlin) and Progreß-Film GmbH (Berlin). Film alone, and from the 22nd episode onwards by Promo-Film AG (Berlin). The role of the detective Nobody was played by the German sensational actor Sylvester Schäffer junior (1885–1949).

history

The series was the serial novel “Detective Nobody's Experiences and Travel Adventures. Edited from his diaries ”by the German colortage writer Robert Kraft , which was published from 1904 (first series) and from 1906 (second series) in the publishing house HG Münchmeyer in Dresden. Paul O'Montis and John Halifax edited the lyrics for the film.

Out of 52 planned episodes, a total of 25 one-act plays of different meters (200-400) were actually realized, starting with the first episode, called "1. Episode" 1921 up to “14. Episode ”1921; From the 15th the episodes were called “Adventure” instead of episodes and lasted until “21st Adventure ”1921. From episode 22 they were called“ Episodes ”again and were given an explicit title. Episodes 8 and 25 could be identical.

The films were shot in the Berlin Bioscop studio by cameramen Ewald Daub and Adolf Otto Weitzenberg . It is not known in full who appeared in the individual episodes, only actor names are known for the seventh and the last two episodes (24 and 25):

The premiere of the Nobody film series took place on September 23, 1921 in the “Sportpalast-Lichtspiele” in Berlin. A nobody journal was published to accompany the film project. The last four known episodes were before the re-introduced Reichsfilmzensur censorship on January 30, 1922. It banned young people from visiting the “Nobody” films.

In 1922 four more "Nobody" films were made with Sylvester Schäffer, but they no longer have an "adventure" or "episode" assignment, but detailed titles. They are no longer one-act plays, but feature-length films with 6 acts. Two of them were still from Promo-Film AG Berlin, the other two from Nobody-Film GmbH. Berlin produces. The scriptwriter was Peter Heuser , and the directors were Josef Stein and Karl Gerhardt .

The films are currently considered lost.

Movies

year Censorship date Censorship card no. title Director Screenwriter producer Length (meters)
1921 August 19, 1921 B.04076 1st episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 360
1921 August 19, 1921 B.04077 2nd episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 415
1921 August 19, 1921 B.04078 3rd episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 395
1921 August 27, 1921 B.04136 4th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 385
1921 September 3, 1921 B.04195 5th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 345
1921 September 3, 1921 B.04194 6th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 271
1921 October 15, 1921 B.04473 7th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 364
1921 October 15, 1921 B.04474 8th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 400
1921 October 19, 1921 B.04475 9th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 392
1921 October 18, 1921 B.04493 10th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 488
1921 October 19, 1921 B.04494 11th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 410
1921 October 19, 1921 B.04495 12th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 405
1921 October 19, 1921 B.04496 13th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 490
1921 October 19, 1921 B.04497 14th episode Josef Stein ? Nobody / Progress 275
1921 November 9, 1921 B.04673 15. Adventure Josef Stein ? Progress 254
1921 November 10, 1921 B.04675 16. Adventure Josef Stein ? Progress 373
1921 December 17, 1921 B.04974 17. Adventure Josef Stein ? Progress 240
1921 December 17, 1921 B.04975 18. Adventure Josef Stein ? Progress 385
1921 December 17, 1921 B.04976 19. Adventure Josef Stein ? Progress 345
1921 December 17, 1921 B.04977 20. Adventure Josef Stein ? Progress 240
1921 December 17, 1921 B.04978 21. Adventure Josef Stein ? Progress 297
1921/22 January 30, 1922 B.05229 Episode 22:
The Strange Tale of Edward Scott
 Josef Stein ? Promo 420
1921/22 January 30, 1922 B.05230 23. Episode:
The Fountain Spirit
 Josef Stein ? Promo 290
1921/22 January 30, 1922 B.05231 24. Episode:
The Lord of the Underworld
 Josef Stein Peter Heuser Promo 240
1921/22 January 30, 1922 B.05232 Episode 25:
Professor Lucifer 		Josef Stein Peter Heuser Promo 345
“Nobody” films with no “episode” or “adventure” assignment or numbering
year Censorship date Censorship card no. title Director Screenwriter producer Length (meters)
1922 February 23, 1922 B.05403 The lady in gray Josef Stein Peter Heuser Promo ?
1922 March 24, 1922 B.05595 The secret of the seven rings Josef Stein Peter Heuser Promo 6 acts, 1965
1922 May 2, 1922 B.05780 The mysterious pirates Karl Gerhardt ? Nobody movie ?
1922 June 20, 1922 B.06042 The Flibustier Josef Stein, Karl Gerhardt ? Nobody movie ?

Afterlife

A gramophone recording by cabaret artist Charlie Roellinghoff from 1929 shows how long the cinema audience was still aware of the name NOBODY describes.

literature

  • Herbert Birett: Sources on film history 1920–1931 . Title list of German silent films, at kinematographie.de
  • Herbert Birett: Directory of films run in Germany. Decisions d. Film censorship in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart 1911–1920 . Saur, Munich 1980.
  • Thomas Braatz: Robert Kraft: Bibliography illustrated in color [1869–1916]. Ed. Braatz & Mayrhofer, Leipzig / Vienna 2006.
  • Heinrich Fraenkel: Immortal Film. The great chronicle. From the magic lantern to the sound film . Part of the picture by Wilhelm Winckel. Kindler, Munich 1956, 469 pp.
  • Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 .
  • Friedrich von Zglinicki: The way of the film. History of cinematography and its predecessors . Rembrandt Verlag, Berlin 1956.

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Individual references, comments

  1. ↑ cf. Less p. 70 on Josef Stein: “In 1921/22 he was also responsible for some films in the Nobody series, including“ Nobody makes everything ”,“ The Lord of the Underworld ”,“ Lucifer ”and“ The Lady in Gray ”."
  2. ↑ at filmportal.de only for the 7th episode, at IMDb for the last episodes 1921/22
  3. ↑ so the poster of the Progreß-Film GmbH Berlin SW 68, Kochstrasse 12, illus. at karl-may-wiki
  4. ↑ “The Lady in Gray” is no longer assigned to the Nobody series; IMDb, however, identifies Schäffer's participation as a nobody, cf. also less p. 70; the cast lists of the two films named by karl-may-wiki, “ Imzeichen der Schlange” (1921/22, cf. IMDb ) and “Jussuf el-fanit der Wüstenräuber” (1922, cf. IMDb ) mention Schäffer's name, however no more than nobody.
  5. ↑ so at karl-may-wiki
  6. ↑ Chausseestrasse 123, cf. CineGraph: Berliner Film-Ateliers : “After the Continental moves into its glass house in Weißensee (Lixie-Atelier), over the years the house accommodates the following film companies: 1918-20 Argus-Film GmbH, 1921 Nobody Film GmbH, 1922-26 Boheme- Atelier GmbH, in 1925 also Promo-Film GmbH and Karlchen-Film GmbH. … ”
  7. ↑ cf. filmportal.de
  8. ↑ cf. IMDb
  9. ↑ as Captain Flederwisch, cf. steffi-line
  10. ↑ cf. IMDb
  11. ↑ existed from 1919-1921 in the Sportpalast , Potsdamer Straße 170-172, Schöneberg, the "largest cinema in the world". Jutta Arnold: Conversation with Heinz Flesch . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 12, 1996, ISSN  0944-5560 , p. 32–37 ( luise-berlin.de - Berlin Talks).
  12. ↑ No. 1–17, cf. Wanted list Robert Kraft No.67
  13. ↑ Episodes 22-25, cf. karl-may-wiki according to: Thomas Braatz: Robert Kraft - Color illustrated bibliography. Leipzig 2006, p. 849 f.
  14. ↑ cf. Censorship information at filmportal.de
  15. ↑ cf. IMDb
  16. ↑ is documented at IMDb for the episodes 24-25 produced by Promo-Film AG and for “Die Dame in Grau” and “The Secret of the Seven Rings”
  17. ↑ so karl-may-wiki
  18. ↑ in the illustrations in Zglinicki a poster of "Kukuli art and culture Light Games Wasner's ballrooms" is shown on the "next to the" sensational morals film " Forced Love in the Free State " and Luciano Albertini -Adventure "The drama in the sleeping car" and "Nobody's 9th episode: The avenging hand "is announced. This suggests that the other episodes or adventures had individual titles as well.
  19. ↑ according to filmportal.de 1 act, 305
  20. ↑ at filmportal.de another film with the title “Lucifer” and Sylvester Schäffer as Nobody is given for 1922: identical? The line-up information is the same as that at IMDb
  21. ↑ so karl-may-wiki
  22. ↑ * April 11, 1897 Munich, † August 17, 1935 Berlin, cf. BMLO
  23. ↑ Homocord elektro 4-3256 (Matr. TC 1397/98) (May 17, 1929) to be heard on youtube