The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)
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Directors
Rupert Julian
Cast
Elmo Lincoln, Harry von Meter, Lon Chaney, Nigel De Brulier
The story
thumb|left|Half-page newspaper ad for the film. Tells viewers to call police if people around them are doing things out of the ordinary. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern is a vain and arrogant tyrant eager for conquest.
Genres
silent film, war film
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