The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
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| Original title | The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 70 minutes |
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| Director | Rupert Julian |
| script | Rupert Julian Elliott J. Clawson |
| production | Rupert Julian |
| camera | Edward A. Kull |
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The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (alternative title The Kaiser or The Beast of Berlin, Argentina : El Kaiser) is an American film from the First World War . Director Rupert Julian also played the lead role, the German Kaiser Wilhelm II . The Universal Jewel / Renowned Pictures production premiered on March 9, 1918 in New York .
action
The German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Is a vain, conquering and arrogant tyrant . When the German troops march into Belgium , the blacksmith Marcas saves his daughter from the clutches of a German soldier despite being wounded himself.
Soon after, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by Captain von Neigle, who later went insane. When the USA declared war on the German Reich, the Allied generals handed Wilhelm II over to the Belgian King Albert I. The emperor was imprisoned in Belgium and met Marcas - his prison guard - in prison.
Historical background
The film is in the context of other American war propaganda films such as To Hell with the Kaiser! (USA 1918, R .: George Irving ), Hearts of the World (USA 1918, R .: David Wark Griffith ) or Yankee Doodle in Berlin (USA 1919, R .: F. Richard Jones , produced by Mack Sennett ).
State of preservation
Of The Emperor - The Beast of Berlin , no copies have survived. Only the advertising poster and photos of the scene with the main actor still exist.
