Skladanowsky Film

On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s Wintergarten Theater. With live musical accompaniment, the compilation program included short film sequences with famous artists of the time: Italienischer Bauerntanz, Komisches Reck, Der Jongleur, Das boxende Känguruh, Kamarinskaja, Die Serpentintänzerin, Akrobatisches Potpourri, Ringkampf, and Apotheose, with the Skladanowsky brothers bowing to their audience.

This is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the unique outdoor museum Skansen is located.

Street scene in Berlin.

Police parade in Germany.

Fire brigade turnout in Berlin.

Street scene in Berlin.

Fire brigade response to an alarm in Berlin.

Arrival of a railway train.

Police detachment in Germany.

A young woman is a cook in a noble house, but she reads her favorite drama "Joan of Arc" as often as she can while she works. But that's not all, she passionately enjoys slipping into the role of her heroine.