Franz Stein

The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is allowed, however, to take the frock, which he appropriated for himself and he puts it on as he leaves the shop. A puppeteer picks him up in his coach and addresses Wenzel as "Count". So is he received in Goldach, where people think he is Count Stroganoff, the ambassador to the Czar of Russia.

Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents must helplessly watch as their young ones die. Now Koch is undertaking to find the cause of the tuberculosis --- something he has already been working on for years --- which has been causing this plague of illness. His work is made more difficult by envy; for example, that of his teacher, who was wounded defending his honor. But his greatest obstacle is the famous Berliner scientist and Reichstag deputy, Privy Councilor Rudolf Virchow: He is extraordinarily skeptical of Koch's theory, that the cause for tuberculosis is a bacteria.

1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. The young, who is now married to wealthy Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin, a man she does not love, has not forgotten Piotr Illich, the (not yet) famous composer. Both are still in love with each other but Piotr is engaged to Nastassia, a dancer, while for her part Katharina cannot leave her husband. Tchaikowky's first love then decides to sacrifice her happiness to the success of the composer, sponsoring him in secret. Something Piotr will learn only years after. When Katharina finds herself free at last it is too late: Tchaikowsky is dying of cholera and she only has time to close his eyes.

While vacationing in Puerto Rico, a young Swedish woman falls in love with and marries a powerful local landowner. Ten years later, their marriage has turned sour; meanwhile, two Swedish doctors have arrived on the island to investigate a mysterious fever.

Al inspector Lohmann lo llama por teléfono un antiguo miembro del Departamento de Policía para denunciar un caso de falsificación. Sin embargo, antes de que pueda testificar y revelar los detalles del delito, se vuelve loco a causa de un atentado. Las investigaciones de Lohmann en seguida lo conducen hasta el doctor Mabuse, pero el famoso criminal hace años que está recluido en una clínica mental, cuyo director, el doctor Baum, es un eminente psiquiatra que se ha dejado fascinar por el genio de Mabuse y por su legado: una especie de testamento donde describe el camino que hay que seguir para fundar el Imperio del Crimen.

The Baltic captain Terje Wiggen works as a pilot on the island of Muhu. When the mate of the ship “Carola” calls in sick, he jumps at the chance of reviving his life as a sailor. WWI breaks soon after the departure. By and by the ship’s company gets worn down by dead calm. On account of the plague-ridden captain, Wiggen disposes of the contaminated water reserve. Discontent among the crew rises until they take the sole lifeboat and leave their mate behind. Wiggen unsuccessfully tries to bring the ship under control. At the last minute he is rescued off the Japanese coast. At his return he promises to never leave his wife and child again. But the German Imperial Navy begins to blockade the waterways of the island. Wiggen paddles to Sweden with the intention of smuggling provisions for his family. On his way back he is detained by a German captain. After five years of imprisonment he returns to Muhu once more. Wiggen is hellbent on vengeance. (Deutsche Kinemathek)

In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Several paramilitary Freikorps units battle the French forces, among them the Black Brunswickers led by the 'Black Duke' Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After the War of the Fifth Coalition, the Black Hussars are pursued by Napoleon throughout the country, but frequently take refuge with the noble-minded German people.

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).

A recent rediscovery, master cinematographer Schüfftan’s only film as a director is a free-spirited, fast-paced ode to being young, free, hopeful... and completely broke.

Trece maletas caras, marcadas sólo con las iniciales O.F., y un telegrama con una reserva llegan al hotel del aburrido pueblucho de Ostend. Todos los habitantes especulan sobre el misterioso visitante. El editor del periódico local aprovecha la ocasión y asegura que las maletas pertenecen a un millonario que está de vuelta a su hogar, y enseguida el pueblo rebosa de actividad. Se ensaya una fiesta y comienzan a construir un cine, una ópera, un ayuntamiento. En medio de una época en crisis Ostend vive el auge de la ciudad y se convierte en un símbolo para la economía mundial.

Un asesino de niñas tiene atemorizada a toda la ciudad. La policía lo busca frenética y desesperadamente, deteniendo a cualquier persona mínimamente sospechosa. Por su parte, los jefes del hampa, furiosos por las redadas que están sufriendo por culpa del asesino, deciden buscarlo ellos mismos.

Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.

Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.

La película se centra en una familia dividida por la política. Mientras que el hijo, un prusiano acérrimo, está horrorizado por el traicionero apoyo de su padre a los franceses, también condena el espíritu de venganza sin sentido de los patriotas locales.

Silent adaptation of the famous play by Henrik Ibsen. This film is believed to be lost.