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1917 "Death Star" silent film


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Would you believe there was a "Death Star" 60 years before Star Wars?

This is the one surviving image of a lost 1917 German silent film, "DerTodesstern"... "The Death Star"

There is only this synopsis [spoiler alert]: " Assistant wants the glory for himself. The telescope kills the professor, later it kills him also. "

 

Other interesting factoids:

Police in Munich declared that it "may not be announced as a detective film"

It also seems to have been rated "jungenverbot" (banned for minors) for all of Germany.

 

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