Thea von Harbou

In 1984, Academy Award winning composer Giorgio Moroder introduced Fritz Lang’s science fiction epic Metropolis to a new generation of filmgoers. Working in collaboration with film archivists globally, Moroder supervised a special reconstruction, with color tinting, fewer intertitles and newly restored footage. A pioneer in the field of digital music, Moroder backed this special edition with a throbbing new score, punctuated with pop songs from some of the biggest stars of the early MTV era: Freddie Mercury, Pat Benatar, Adam Ant, Bonnie Tyler, Loverboy and others.

Película formada por extractos de "El tigre de Esnapur" (1959) y "La tumba india" (1959), un montaje entre los dos largometrajes que conformaban lo que se consideraba la saga india épica de Lang.

Película formada por extractos de "El tigre de Esnapur" (1959) y "La tumba india" (1959), un montaje entre los dos largometrajes que conformaban lo que se consideraba la saga india épica de Lang.

Continuación de 'El tigre de Esnapur'. El arquitecto europeo Harald Berger y la bailarina Seetha son capturados por los hombres de Chandra. Mientras tanto, Ramigani planea arrebatarle el poder a su hermano, sirviéndose de sus aliados en palacio. Cuando Chandra se entera de la relación amorosa entre Seetha y Berger, hace llamar al doctor Rhode para encargarle la construcción de una enorme y lujosa tumba destinada a los dos enamorados.

Un arquitecto europeo llega a la India contratado por el Maharajah de Esnapur para diseñar y construir una nueva ciudad. En el camino salva la vida a una bella bailarina cuando es atacada por un tigre y se enamora de ella, pero la muchacha resulta ser la amada del Maharajah.

In a mountain village a deranged alcoholic who routinely beats his wife and kids goes missing. Though everyone in the village is glad to see him gone, an investigation begins. Made at the end of the Nazi era and immediately shelved; not released until 1948.

On New Year′s Eve 1871 Annelie is born – 15 minutes too late, since her parents had calculated her birth to be exactly at midnight. These 15 minutes will again and again become the girl′s fate.

In a cosmopolitan city vaudeville theatre, meeting place of the most successful artistes, the art shooter gets in suspicion to have committed a murderous poster on his jealous partner. - Not particularly successful mixture of vaudeville theatre numbers, artiste's destiny and crime film tension, on an average produced and played. A production rotated in Budapest with the popular dancer La Jana.

Theatre Colosseum prepares for the closing performance of the month. The magician Keats wants to avoid having to perform with Jack Carey, the well-known marksman, as the latter has seduced his wife, the beautiful dancer, Silvia Castellani. It is only thanks to the persuasions of Alice McLean, the manager of the acrobat sisters, that he finally decides to do his show. Carey starts wooing the second of the McLean-sisters, Gloria.

Following the breakdown of her marriage to an artist, a female doctor goes back to her position at a hospital.

Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).

Germany, 1890: Having just gotten his high-school diploma, Hans leaves for Heidelberg to begin his university studies. But first, he wants to visit his uncle, Pastor Hoppe, in the small village of Rosenau. It's here that he again meets his cousin and childhood friend Annie. Annie is the illegitimate child of Pastor Hoppe's sister, who's left the upbringing of her offspring to the man-of-the-cloth. Conservative chaplain Schigorski continually tries to convince Annie to join the nearby cloister and thus "atone" for the sins of her mother. And it's getting more difficult for the fun-loving girl to escape the chaplain's harrassment. When Hans arrives, old feelings of lust come back to the surface.

After the events of Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Maharadscha Chandra is ready to execute his well-planned vengeance, in which German architect Peter Fürbringer, his fiancée Irene and his assistant will have to fight for their lives amidst a revolt fueled by traitor Prinz Ramigani.

A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.

A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.

The man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the blustering and bullying - and naive - village judge is the guilty one.

Maler Pratt, an artist, refuses to sell his paintings as he thinks that they still need improvement before being publicly exhibited, but his wife Monika thinks differently and sells them because she thinks they are good...and they need the money. As he only signs an "M" on his work, Monika has no difficulty in claiming she is "M", but problems arrive when she is commissioned to do a large mural and Maler refuses to help her out. However, his creative spirit gets the best of him and he does the mural which is widely acclaimed to be a great work of art. Felder , an art dealer, is not overly pleased with this turn of events as he has been pleading with Monika to divorce her shiftless husband and marry him.

Der Herrscher (The Sovereign) was based on Before Sunset, a play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The great Emil Jannings stars as Mathias Clausen, a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies. Determining to start life anew, he falls in love with his secretary Inken (Marianne Hoppe) and impulsively takes a vacation to Italy. Clausen's selfish grown children, not wishing to share their father's affections -- nor his money -- with his new wife-to-be, go to court demanding that Clausen be declared mentally incompetent. Upon finding this out, Clausen flies into a rage, leaving the audience to wonder whether or not he really as gone off his trolley. Der Herrscher was directed by Veit Harlan, more famous (or notorious) for his viciously anti-Semitic Jud Suess (1940).

The jealous star conductor Montemayor knows that his beautiful younger wife, Winifred, is cheating on him with an American named Jack Mortimer. After the concert rehearsal, he takes a taxi to the train station, sees Mortimer and shoots him at an intersection from the backseat of his taxi. The shot is not heard during the traffic noise. The taxi driver, Sponer, sitting in his car with the now-dead Mortimer, goes into a panic.

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.

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.

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.

La película dedica su primera parte a analizar las posibilidades de realizar un viaje a la Luna con el fin de encontrar oro. En la segunda, se trata del viaje y de las sorpresas que deparará a los protagonistas.

El agente 326 de la Policía Estatal (Willy Fritsch) debe desbaratar una red de espionaje y detener a su cabecilla. El nº 326 desconoce que se trata del banquero Haghi (Rudolf Kein Rogge), quien trata por todos los medios de confundir al Servicio Secreto y neutralizar al nº 326 especialmente tras saber que su mejor espía, Sonja (Gerda Maurus), se ha enamorado del agente.

El agente 326 de la Policía Estatal (Willy Fritsch) debe desbaratar una red de espionaje y detener a su cabecilla. El nº 326 desconoce que se trata del banquero Haghi (Rudolf Kein Rogge), quien trata por todos los medios de confundir al Servicio Secreto y neutralizar al nº 326 especialmente tras saber que su mejor espía, Sonja (Gerda Maurus), se ha enamorado del agente.

En una megalópolis del año 2000, los obreros están condenados a vivir recluidos en un gueto subterráneo, donde se encuentra el corazón industrial de la ciudad. Sin embargo, incitados por un robot, se rebelan contra la clase dominante y amenazan con destruir la ciudad exterior. Freder (Gustav Frölich), el hijo del soberano de Metrópolis, y María, una muchacha de origen humilde, intentarán evitar la destrucción apelando a los sentimientos y al amor.

En una megalópolis del año 2000, los obreros están condenados a vivir recluidos en un gueto subterráneo, donde se encuentra el corazón industrial de la ciudad. Sin embargo, incitados por un robot, se rebelan contra la clase dominante y amenazan con destruir la ciudad exterior. Freder (Gustav Frölich), el hijo del soberano de Metrópolis, y María, una muchacha de origen humilde, intentarán evitar la destrucción apelando a los sentimientos y al amor.

Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father's serfs despite opposition from both families. But when he actually offers marriage to her, this is going too far. The return of his brother Detlev, with an unscrupulous aristocratic bride of his own and a rival claim to their father's estates, proves to be the trigger for tragedy.

Un famoso artista lucha por su pasión por un modelo masculino, hasta que el joven se enamora de una mujer.

Un famoso artista lucha por su pasión por un modelo masculino, hasta que el joven se enamora de una mujer.

Cuando Kriemhild, sedienta de venganza, se casa con Etzel, rey de los hunos, invita al rey Gunther y a su corte a visitarlos, con la intención de tomar finalmente la vida del hombre responsable de su desgracia.

Siegfried, hijo del rey Siegmund de Xanten, viaja a Worms, capital del reino de los burgundios, para pedir al rey Gunther la mano de su hermana, la bella Kriemhild.

Cinta de intrigas 'palaciegas' ambientada en el diminuto ducado mediterráneo de Abacco.

A lost Murnau peasant-farm film.

In a distant Teutonic village, people dance and drink merrily celebrating a wedding feast. However, an elderly man tells the villagers that the valley where they live wasn't always happy but sorrowful. This was due to the tyranny of the master of the mountains who ruled the valley despotically.

Adaptación de una novela de Gerhart Hauptmann, que mediante la historia de amor no correspondido de un contable opone a la sordidez del mundo proletario y pequeño burgués con el ambiente cosmopolita de los ricos.

Adaptación de una novela de Gerhart Hauptmann, que mediante la historia de amor no correspondido de un contable opone a la sordidez del mundo proletario y pequeño burgués con el ambiente cosmopolita de los ricos.

Mientras la policía intensifica su desconcertante búsqueda de la notoria banda de gánsteres del Dr. Mabuse, el engañoso y elusivo hipnotizador Mabuse comienza simultáneamente a encerrarse en sí mismo.

Doctor Mabuse is a criminal mastermind, doctor of psychology, and master of disguise, armed with the powers of hypnosis and mind control, who oversees the counterfeiting and gambling rackets of the Berlin underworld. He visits gambling dens by night under various guises and aliases, using the power of suggestion to win at cards and finance his plans.

La primera versión cinematográfica del Dr. Mabuse consta de dos partes: “El gran jugador” y “El infierno”. El doctor Mabuse es un villano que no se siente atraído por los bienes materiales, sino por el placer que le proporciona jugar con el destino de los hombres.

Drama rural de luchas familiares por la posesión de la tierra que escenifica la pasión y la codicia, las supersticiones y las leyendas, en una narración expresionista. (FILMAFFINITY)

Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting Rowland to be cured. She accepts, but tries to commit suicide.

Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting Rowland to be cured. She accepts, but tries to commit suicide.

Un rajá celoso y vengativo ordena a un poderoso yogui que atraiga a un famoso arquitecto inglés con objeto de que construya un maravilloso mausoleo en el que yacerá la esposa infiel del príncipe.

Un rajá celoso y vengativo ordena a un poderoso yogui que atraiga a un famoso arquitecto inglés con objeto de que construya un maravilloso mausoleo en el que yacerá la esposa infiel del príncipe.

Dos jóvenes enamorados viajan en diligencia y, de repente, se une a los viajeros un misterioso desconocido. El vehículo se detiene en una posada, y el desconocido desaparece con el joven. La muchacha busca desesperadamente a su novio y, cuando descubre que es la Muerte quien se lo ha llevado, le implora que se lo devuelva. La Muerte le muestra tres velas (vidas) a punto de extinguirse y le explica que sólo podrá recuperarlo si logra salvar alguna de ellas.

Harry Yquem compra joyas para su amada esposa en un lugar donde los intermediarios del hampa comercian con productos falsificados y robados. Por casualidad, descubre a un hombre con el que su mujer tuvo una aventura en el pasado.

Una mujer (Mia May) coge un tren para huir de su amante, que es también el padre de su hija, pero éste le ha enviado un telegrama en el que le asegura que nunca se librará de él. Comienza así una persecución que la lleva hasta las montañas. Allí conoce a un monje que le prestará todo el apoyo que necesita. Se trata de un drama sobre el arrepentimiento, el sentimiento de culpa y la posibilidad de alcanzar la redención por medio del sacrificio.

Simplicia has a reputation for healing through prayer and laying on of hands. Knight Rochus sets out "to see how long it takes to turn a saint into a sinner!" He sneaks into the monastery and forces Simplicia under his will.