Eduard Tisse Movies

The story of a Jewish entrepreneur ins Tsarist Russia always look for a get rich quick scheme.

As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a...

The young composer Mikhail Glinka performs his new work at a soiree at earl Vielgorsky's house. However, the public is accustomed to Western music,...

Konstantin Eggert both directed and starred as Count Shemet, cursed by his insane mother’s traumatic experience with a bear to have seizures...

Lenin Is Alive!

Footage of the aftermath of the January 14 1931 earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico.

This film shows contrasting views of women with problematic pregnancies and the outcomes resulting when they seek out a back-alley abortionist, a...

A down on his luck peasant goes to fight in World War I and returns home a hero

The story of the world-renowned Liepāja-born cinematographer Eduard Tisse, whose wife was convinced it was he who created all the famous films...