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German adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”.
Dec 1916
Stanislaus Krestowsky lives in a border town close to Germany where he works as a day laborer. He hears about job opportunities at the coal-mine Cecilie in Lützendorf and decides to move there with his family. After one year of working at the coal-mine he has considerably raised his standard of living. A substantial part of the film shows how briquets are manufactured.
Feb 1917
A one-reel comedy.
Apr 1919