The Eleven Devils

Die elf Teufel / The Eleven Devils was made in Berlin in the summer of 1927, in the last throes of the silent movie era. But Die elf Teufel strikes one today as a prophetic film. One of its early captions is "Football, the sport of the century ". We are shown a ball bathed in light like some sacred relic, and observe how, even in those early days, fans on the terraces wouldn't shy away from using their fists.

Director: Zoltan Korda, Carl Boese

Cast: Gustav Fröhlich, Evelyn Holt, Lissy Arna, Fritz Alberti, John Mylong, Willi Forst, Harry Nestor, Geza L. Weiss

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.