Paul' Vegener (Paul Wegener)
by B. Mazing, Iakov Guminer cover
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Moscow-Leningrad: Tea-Kinopechat', 1928 Octavo 16.5x12.5 cm., wrappers, 16pp. Front and rear covers in blue and brown by Iakov Guminer, 18000 copies. Paul Wegener (1874-1948) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. In 1912, he turned to the new medium of motion pictures and appeared in the 1913 version of The Student of Prague. It was while making this film that he first heard the old Jewish legend of the Golem and proceeded to adapt the story to film, co-directing and co-writing the script with Henrik Galeen. His first version of the tale The Golem (1915, now lost) was a success and firmly established Wegener's reputation. In 1917, he made a parody of the story called Der Golem und die Tänzerin, but it was his reworking of the tale, The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) which stands as one of the classics of German cinema and helped to cement Wegener's place in cinematic history. Another of his early films was Der Yoghi (1916), in which he played the role of a yogi and young inventor, and which provided him with the opportunity to accommodate three of his interests, trick photography (it was one of the first films to feature invisibility), the supernatural and Eastern mysticism. Len. Oblastlit 7006, Zakaz 1622. Worldcat locates copies at Yale, USC.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4267
- Title
- Paul' Vegener (Paul Wegener)
- Author
- B. Mazing, Iakov Guminer cover
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Moscow-Leningrad: Tea-Kinopechat'
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- TEA KINOPECHAT' ACTOR MONOGRAPHS, PAUL WEGENER, RUSSIAN FILM STUDIES,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian avant-garde; Russian film & stage;
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About the Seller
Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts
About Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
Private bookseller. Prearranged visits only.We specialize in modernist and avant-garde art and publications from 1910-1948. Emphasis is on the visual arts and architecture, and also the supporting literary cultures that interacted and supported them.
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