Ernst Legal

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes

Two dubious characters disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfei...

Sieben Briefe

To New Shores

A 19th-century London cabaret singer is deported to prison in Australia. Her crime? Taking the blame when her l...

Charley's Aunt

Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt...

Waxworks

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrib...

Tanz auf dem Vulkan

Paris, 1830: Jean-Gaspard Debureau performs on the stage and delights his audience with song, wit and charm. He...

Symphonie eines Lebens

An aging musician looks back on his life, his roots in a country village, his loves, and his brief imprisonment.

Seven Slaps

William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the...

Traumulus

This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believ...

Der Mustergatte

Heinz Rühmann plays the "model husband" who, when his bored wife threatens to leave him, embarks on an adventur...

Rembrandt

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon co...

Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg

Nights in Andalusia

When the dancer Carmen visits the bullfighter Antonio, who has stabbed a gypsy, in prison, she meets the dragoo...

An Enemy of the People

Before the First World War, Dr. Hans Stockmann had a practice in a small town. His powerhungry brother is the m...

Marriage of Figaro

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical...

Altes Herz geht auf die Reise

The underage Rosemarie is still too young to run her inherited farm by herself; but she's more than aware that...

Spiel

The Kaiser's Lackey

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to...

Immensee

A man and a woman struggle to stifle their love for each other, even after he moves away to travel the world an...

Romance in a Minor Key

A grieving husband tries to uncover the truth behind his wife's suicide, leading him to discover a tragic tale...

The Leghorn Hat

Der Florentiner Hut (The Leghorn Hat), a 1939 German film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Die Freundin eines großen Mannes

A renowned actress rescues a small theater, which is on the verge of bankruptcy.

The Assumption of Hannele

The story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide.

Der Verteidiger hat das Wort

Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be fina...

Die göttliche Jette

Cheeky Jette is a typical Berlin girl. Together with her mother, she performs couplets in a Berlin suburb theat...

Love Conquers

After Willy privately photographs Renee her image headlines an ad campaign making her a star model. Her sister...

Marriage of Love

Young newlywed Martin Mansfeld suspects his wife Maria Mansfeld of infidelity and together with his friend sets...

The Golden City

Anna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Living on the bank of the Moldau, she wishes nothing...

His Best Friend

Remake of a 1929 German film by the same title about a man and a police dog.

When Women Keep Silent

Curt serenades his wife Charlott from the garden without her recognizing him. When she later doesn't refer to t...

August der Starke

Intrigue and love affairs at the court of the Saxon King Augustus the Strong, who can bend a horseshoe with his...

Heimaterde

A widowed landlady in East Prussia, who, despite his acquittal by the court, believes the forester to have murd...

The Man with the Paw

"The Man with the Paw" is what people call the very successful banker Wiegant, who is desperately in love with...

Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend

In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schill...

Die Umwege des schönen Karl

Karl Kramer is a waiter in a beach hotel on the Baltic Sea. But he has completely different plans in mind for t...

Das schwarze Schaf

The young Eva Heldmann has inherited a publishing house, which she is running in an exemplary fashion. However,...