The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923)
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Top billed cast
Werner Krauss
Lia Eibenschütz
Ossip Runitsch
Lucie Mannheim
Julius Falkenstein- Fritz Achterberg
- Hans Schweikart
Eugen Rex- Alexander Alexandrowski
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The Haunted Hotel (1918)
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The Bottle Imp (1917)
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Earthbound (1920)
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The Evil Eye (1920)
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Faust (1909)
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Métempsycose (1907)
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The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
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The Infernal Cake-Walk (1903)
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Bewitched Matches (1913)
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Salomé (1923)
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Unusual Cooking (1908)
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