Hollywood Babel: Ep. 5 - German & Central European Cinema Pre-WWI

When you round up the usual suspects for pioneering filmmakers, there's the US, France, and Britain, but Germany and Central Europe also have a rich history.  Early German filmmakers were drawn to phantasmagoric worlds, Russian directors followed the country's literary tradition, and in Austria, the first pornography factory emerged by 1906. These early filmmakers are unrecognized mavericks--discover an unfamiliar world of forgotten films in this week's episode of Hollywood Babel. For more info, follow us on Twitter @hollywoodbabel.