"Max Linder was the Motion Picture's first truly international Star." (Jack Spears, 1965). Ten years after the "invention" of cinema, his career began in 1905 with the French production company Pathé Frères. He made about 220 film during the following 20 years.

This website, subdivided into five sections, presents in detail every film that has been identified, every sketch or theatre play on individual "title-sheets". They are accessible via the [►films]-, [►chronicle]-, or [►index]-page. While these "sheets" are predominantly in German, there is however for almost every film a review in English as well.

A [►chronicle]-page is available in German and in English and tries to sort all the information on his life which have emerged so far.

Some [►original-articles] a lot of which are in English illustrate how he was viewed by his contemporaries.

In contrast to the [►films]- or  [►chronicle]-page, which gives you a chronological, the [►index]-page gives you an alphabetical access. Here you can search for original-, foreign- or alternative titles.

Finally the whereabouts of every print has been researched. Apart from the entry on every individual "title sheet", the [►prints]- page provides a summary of the archive holdings.

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