Watch The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) Free Online

Release Date: 1918

Cast: Lon Chaney, Sr., Nigel De Brulier, Harry von Meter, Elmo Lincoln, Gretchen Lederer

Categories: Movies, Biopic [Feature], Silent Film, Propaganda, Combat Films, Black-And-White

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) is a silent movie that stars Lon Chaney, Sr. The film contains a propagandist view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, the resistance of some of his own soldiers, and fanciful prediction of the nature of the war's end. The film is now considered a lost film. Moving Picture World offered this plot summary: Although frequently listed as a Universal Studios production, this movie was an independent production produced by Rupert Julian for Renowned Pictures. Julian licensed the distribution rights to... MORE

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) is a silent movie that stars Lon Chaney, Sr. The film contains a propagandist view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, the resistance of some of his own soldiers, and fanciful prediction of the nature of the war's end. The film is now considered a lost film. Moving Picture World offered this plot summary: Although frequently listed as a Universal Studios production, this movie was an independent production produced by Rupert Julian for Renowned Pictures. Julian licensed the distribution rights to Renowned, who in turn sold the rights to Universal Jewel for world-wide distribution. Julian was such a convincing Kaiser that he was asked to reprise the role in many subsequent films. The film was a blockbuster when it was released, and Universal spared no expense in advertising the film. Universal studio head Carl Laemmle pushed the film to the theater owners as hard as he sold it to the viewing public. "A whirlwind of Applause - A Landslide of Money," "Unparalleled Receipts," and "The Picture That Blocked Traffic on Broadway" were some of the headlines for ads that ran in trade publications in an LESS