
In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of England and faces the risk of arrest.

Richard Oswald, Jules Verne
Germany

A Cinephile's Voyage Through Silent-Era Ambition Richard Oswald's 1923 interpretation of Jules Verne's seminal novel materializes not merely as adaptation but as temporal cartography—charting the metamorphosis of early cinema itself. The celluloid becomes compass needle, spinning through exotic locales r...


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" A Cinephile's Voyage Through Silent-Era Ambition Richard Oswald's 1923 interpretation of Jules Verne's seminal novel materializes not merely as adaptation but as temporal cartography—charting the metamorphosis of early cinema itself. The celluloid becomes compass needle, spinning through exotic locales reconstructed in Berlin studios where papier-mâché temples coexisted with functional steam engines. Eugen Rex's portrayal of Phileas Fogg transcends theatrical rigidity; his bli..."


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