Max Skladanowsky Movies

A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.

Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s...

Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.

A man performs tricks on a theatre stage with a bowler hat and a billiards ball in equilibrium on his arms and body.

Police parade in Germany.

Filmed in 1896, this actuality captures everyday life at Alexanderplatz, one of Berlin’s central squares. The camera records crowds of...

The two inventors of the Bioskop, a sort of magic lantern that projected images so fast as to give the illusion of movement, bow to the camera at...

Life and activity at Alexanderplatz, among other places.

A man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage.

A young woman is a cook in a noble house, but she reads her favorite drama "Joan of Arc" as often as she can while she works. But that's not all, she...

Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots.

Street scene in Berlin.

This is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the...

Police detachment in Germany.

Fire brigade turnout in Berlin.

Arrival of a railway train.

Compilation of Max Skladanowsky's films, magic lanterns, and flip books.