Films of 1916 Archives

Homunculus (1916)

Rating: ★★★

Evil Artificial Creation

Evil Artificial Creationhomunculus-19161916Fascinating silent German serial undeniably influenced by the Frankenstein story about an artificial being who proves soulless, swears vengeance against his creator and becomes a dictator

Director: Otto Rippert.

Actors: Olaf Fønss, Ernst Ludwig, Friedrich Kühne, Theodor Loos…

Category: Science Fiction.

by Roog

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1916)

Rating: ★★★½

Victorian Submarine Inventor/Jules Verne Adaptation

1916A silent movie version of the Jules Verne novel, the first film to be shot underwater, this spends its time marvelling at the underwater environment

Director: Stuart Paton.

Actors: Allen Holubar, Jane Gail, Howard Crampton

Category: Science Fiction.

by Roog