Movie of the day: "The Captain from Köpenick" from 1956.
It's a German comedy film based on the play of the same name by Carl Zuckmayer. It's based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt, an impostor who pretended to be a military officer and became famous as the Captain from Köpenick.
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Academy Awards.
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Movie of the day: “Wintergartenprogramm“.
This collection of shorts was presented to a public audience for the first time on 1 November 1895 by Max Skladanowsky at the Berlin Wintergarten theater (Berliner Variete Wintergarten).
Max Skladanowsky is considered to be the German inventor of film.
The Wintergartenprogramm is a film compilation by the Skladanowsky brothers from 1895. It contains the following shorts: Italienischer Bauerntanz: Kindergruppe Ploetz-Larella Komisches Reck: Brüder Milton Das boxende Känguruh: Mister Delaware Jongleur: Paul Petras Akrobatisches Potpourri: Familie Grunato Kamarinskaja. (Russischer Nationaltanz): Gebrüder Tscherpanoff Serpentintanz: Mademoiselle Ancion Ringkämpfer: Greiner und Sandow Apotheose. Die Erfinder des Bioscops: Gebrüder Skladanowsky
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