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
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien was written and directed by the Tyrolean Luis Trenker, who also starred as Johann Sutter. Trenker had previously directed "Der verlorene Sohn" (The Prodigal Son, 1934), the story of an Alpine immigrant in New York City, which is the only other film produced in Nazi Germany with scenes photographed on location in the United States. Der Kaiser von Kalifornien The Kaiser of California, better known as "The Emperor of California" (German "Der Kaiser von Kalifornien"), is a 1936 film that has the distinction of being the first western film made in Nazi Germany. Some exterior scenes were even shot on