The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)

Directed by

Rupert Julian

Genre

silent film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent propaganda film that portrays German Kaiser Wilhelm II as a greedy and tyrannical villain during World War I. It shows some of his own soldiers resisting him and also imagines how the war will end.

propagandisticmelodramaticpatriotichostilefantasticaldatedstaged

What happens

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (also known as The Beast of Berlin and The Kaiser) is a 1918 American silent war propaganda melodrama film produced and directed by, and starring, Rupert Julian. The screenplay was co-written by Rupert Julian and Elliott J. Clawson. The film's supporting cast included Elmo Lincoln, Nigel De Brulier, Harry Von Meter and Lon Chaney. No known prints of the film survive. The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin is one of the films included on the American Film Institute's list of the "Ten Most Wanted" lost films. A still exists showing Lon Chaney as "Herr Bethmann-Hollweg" standing directly behind the Kaiser (Rupert Julian). The film's program cover also exists. The germanophobic film contains a propagandist view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, the resistance of some of his own soldiers, and fanciful prediction of the nature of the war's end. The film is now considered lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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