95 years ago:
The Man Who Laughs (US)
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destro...
1928-04-27
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/27517
#TheManWhoLaughs #ConradVeidt #Universal #Horror #PreCode #Film

On April 3, 1921, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari debuted in the United States. Here’s some original Conrad Veidt art to celebrate!
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#TheCabinetOfDrCaligari #RobertWiene #HansJanowitz #CarlMayer #GermanExpressionism #ConradVeidt #BlackAndWhiteFilm #CircusFilm #MadScientistFilm #PsychologicalHorror #GermanHorror #SilentFilm #ClassicFilm #ClassicCinema #FanArt #Art #PopArt #ModernArt #Portrait #MovieArt #MovieHistory

90 years ago:
F.P.1 (DE)
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. Ellissen is in love with company heiress Claire, but when he returns from his adventures to save ...
1933-04-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/248094
#FP1 #ConradVeidt #SciFi #ClassicFilm

96 years ago:
The Beloved Rogue (US)
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
1927-03-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/120829
#TheBelovedRogue #AlanCrosland #JohnBarrymore #ConradVeidt #AngeloRossitto #PreCode #Film

81 years ago:
Nazi Agent (US)
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front fo...
1942-03-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/47155
#NaziAgent #ConradVeidt #MarcLawrence #MoroniOlsen #MGM #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

90 years ago:
The Only Girl (DE)
Original title: Ich und die Kaiserin
A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed it from her employer--the empress of France...
1933-02-22
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/237660
#TheOnlyGirl #FriedrichHollaender #ConradVeidt #UFA #ClassicFilm #Movies

#conradveidt 1893-1943 uno de los mejores actores de los inicios del cine.
"el hombre que ríe"
"las manos de orlac"
"el ladrón de Bagdad"
"Casablanca"

92 years ago:
The Man Who Committed the Murder (DE)
Original title: Der Mann, der den Mord beging
The story is about Conrad Veidt as military attache in Turkey where he learns to know an English consul (Heinrich George) and his attractive wife who is treated badly. They begin an affair and soon the husband proves to be an obstacle that has to be disposed of.
1931-01-23
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/387894
#TheManWhoCommittedtheMurder #CurtisBernhardt #ConradVeidt #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies

I'll add that Veidt was an Anti-Fascist who fled Nazi Germany with his Jewish wife. He is the inspiration for The Joker. #conradveidt #antifacist #silentmoviestar #classicmovies

#22gennaio

#NatoOggi nel 1893 l'attore tedesco #ConradVeidt , nel 1919 è protagonista del film contro l'omofobia #DiversoDagliAltri

https://www.desordre.it/desordre/2011/02/diverso-dagli-altri.html

#BOTD in 1893, Conrad Veidt on the cover of Pour Vous magazine, as the bizarrely fascinating Baron von Kempelen from the 1938 French film Le Joueur d'échecs.

The sheer intensity...

#ConradVeidt #ClassicFilm #OldMovies #Vintage

“Like many fathers, mine was affectionately autocratic in his home life, strict, idealistic. He was almost fanatically conservative. By contrast, my mother Amalie was sensitive and nurturing."
#ConradVeidt turned out all right. (Not alt right.)
Donated his life savings to UK govt as WW II began👏🏻
Women couldn't resist his... Lutheran charm?
b 22 Jan 1893🥳🃏
#actors #1920s #1930s #1940s #Joker #thebatman :batman:

Today marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Conrad Veidt, great #German actor and anti-Nazi.

He was brilliant in silent movies (I love Weimar Cinema!) but also in #talkies too. He was limited in his speaking roles, once he left Germany, by his strong German accent however.

In the ‘Cabinet of Doctor Caligari’ he somehow has to make a zombie soulful.

#ConradVeidt #WeimarCinema #GermanCinema #SilentMovies #GreatActor #EarlyCinema #1920sfilm #AntiNazi

https://youtu.be/IAtpxqajFak

The Spy in Black (1939)
d. Michael Powell
The first collaboration of Powell and Pressburger (screenpaly).
It's actually Conrad Veidt's show. He is excellent as the German U-boat commander who infiltrated into the British Naval base, but fell into the trap.
#ClassicCinema #BritishCinema #ConradVeidt #PowellPressburger #Cinema

Look how much face Conrad Veidt had.

Der Gang in die Nacht (F.W. Murnau, 1921)

#Cinemastodon #SilentFilm #ClassicFilm #GermanFilm #WeimarCinema #F.W.Murnau #ConradVeidt

Well, for those of you out there who might be interested, it seems that Sabine Schwientek's book Dämon der Leinwand: Conrad Veidt und der
deutsche Film 1894–1945, has been translated to English and is available for pre-order here :

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/conrad-veidt-demon-of-the-silver-screen/

Although its reception has been at best controversial, I think we can all agree that a new Conrad Veidt study is more than welcome!

#SilentMovie #SilentFilm #GermanCinema #ConradVeidt #Books #Bookstodon

#UnDibujoAlDía #DailyDrawing #krita #DigitalDrawing #DibujoDigital #mastoArt #mastodonArt #ConradVeidt

Dashing Conrad Veidt in Budapest (1926)

via https://www.tumblr.com/singemireinneueslied

Good gracious!

#ConradVeidt #ClassicFilmStars #SilentFilmStars #Cinemastodon #Vintage

The historically significant (and partly lost) #QueerFilm Anders Als Die Anderen, starring #ConradVeidt is now available to watch on Vimeo. #SilentMovies #HistoricalFilm #PublicDomain https://vimeo.com/503754569

Dec 2 Countdown of Fabulousness-Conrad Veidt #silentfilm #conradveidt