Jan-Christopher Horak Movies

This documentary short takes you inside the fascinating world of film preservation and restoration.

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster...

Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first...

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary about Hollywood.

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.

"Secrets of a Hollywood Star" is another documentary made after "Calling Hedy Lamarr" in 2006. It features interviews with Hedy's friends in both...

A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

He is the most sought-after man in Europe in the 1960s. Lex Barker embodies the flawless hero in his films and, as Old Shatterhand, becomes a role...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

In his film "Far From Heaven", Todd Haynes refers very respectfully to Douglas Sirk's "All that Heaven Allows". Fassbinder was also strongly...

Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others),...

This film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was considered a giant of early cinema before his reputation went...

Film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak discusses Pabst's 1931 film