Hans Mierendorff

Barbarina, the King's Dancer

Prussian King Frederick II was keen to hire the dancer Barberina, who had already enjoyed great success in Ital...

Married by the Stork

A modernist lady sculptor seeks a model for a statue to be put in front of a Berlin hospital, and finds him in...

Fridericus

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighborin...

Rembrandt

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

Hearts Are Trumps

Sensationsprozess Casilla

They meet on the plane from Dakar to Casablanca: the well-known American defense lawyer Vandegrift, his daughte...

Eva and the Grasshopper

Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love...

Marriage in Name Only

a movie by Heinz Paul

Der Demütige und die Tänzerin

Toni wants to become an opera-singer. Her mother was once simple chanteuse. Toni marries the brutal industriali...

U-Boat, Course West!

This Nazi propaganda film follows the exploits of a German submarine as it prowls the North Atlantic.

Youth and Madness

Comedy about the lieutenant who marries poor Jesta. As a wealthy neighbor wants his own daughter to wed the off...

The Strange Bird

The English landowner Wolton has gone on a fishing trip in the Spreewald with his daughter May. They meet fello...

U 9 Weddigen

a silent war movie by Heinz Paul

Wrath of the Seas

The film portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Jutland and i...

Der springende Hirsch

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

Our Daily Bread

The daily lives and struggles of a group of workers in a small German town. They face poverty, unemployment, an...

Soll und Haben

After the death of his parents, Anton pursues a career at the Schröter trading house in Breslau. He meets Sabin...

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson

After the death of Alan Stanley, Maud Fergusson seeks revenge. On her behalf, the detective Hunt begins to inve...

Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts

Gaunerliebchen

A safecracker and thief escapes from prison, founds a factory and becomes rich. After 20 years, his accomplice,...

Bigamie

Master plumber Otto Engel has worked his way to a certain degree of prosperity through hard work. In the young...

Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds

Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds

Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples

The Alley Cat

A man who thinks he killed a millionaire is cared for by a Cockney girl and becomes a composer.

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything

English Lord Arthur Cavershoot is a passionate Napoleon scholar who badly neglects his wife Josephine for his o...

The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind

Billionaire Maud Fergusson lives happily with engineer Allan Stanley. Nothing stands in the way of their love w...

Zweimal zwei im Himmelbett

Water for Canitoga

In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For y...

Weiße Wäsche

Musician Eduard Boeckel wants to settle down and marries laundry owner Lisbeth Timm. He brings his friend Augus...

Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen

The Virgin of Paris

Kautschuk

About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation...

The Fox of Glenarvon

An English peace judge in an Irish district is married to an Irishwoman. She is a caring patriot. He is heavily...

The Heart of a Queen

As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen of Scott's e...