The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (also known as The Beast of Berlin and The Kaiser) was a 1918 American silent war propaganda melodrama film written by, directed by, and starring Rupert Julian. The film's supporting cast included Elmo Lincoln, Nigel De Brulier, and Lon Chaney. The germanophobic film contains a propagandist view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, the resistance of some of his own soldiers, and fanciful prediction of the nature of the war's end. The film is now considered lost. Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiser-Wilhelmsland Kaiser-Wilhelmsland Kaiser-Wilhelmsland formed part of German New Guinea (German: "Deutsch-Neuguinea"), the South Pacific protectorate of the German Empire. Named in honour of Wilhelm I, who reigned as German Emperor ("Kaiser") from 1871 to 1888, it included the northern part of present-day Papua New Guinea. From 1884 until 1920 the territory was a protectorate () of the German Empire. Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, the Bismarck Archipelago (including New Mecklenburg and New Pomerania), the northern Solomon Islands, the Caroline Islands, Palau, Nauru, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands comprised German New Guinea. Most of the German settlers in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland worked as plantation owners, miners,