Paul Wegener

During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.

The Termoehlens belong to the old farming class in Flanders. Their estate does well and their flax is the best far and wide. And as is the custom, old Termoehlen is like a ruler over his family, the servants and the maidens. Even his son Ludwig, who has just returned from agricultural school with all his ideas on how to improve the farm, doesn’t stand a chance. When Ludwig falls in love with the maiden Rieneke – known as Schellebelle – his father become a despotic enemy.

King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.

A Nazi propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, covering a story of Irish heroism and martyrdom over two generations under the occupation of the British.

Nuremberg durting the time of Albrecht Durer and the famous geographer Martin Behaim: the locksmith Peter Henlein is looking for a way to make bullets more accurate by designing a new form. Just as he welds together two round balls into an elongated shape, he believes he's discovered that his assistant Konrad is trying to alienate his wife from him. There is a struggle, during which Henlein's new kind of bullet strikes him in the chest. The doctor, unaware that there are two bullets lodged in his body, because there was only one shot, only removes one.

1938 German film.

A drama film directed by Paul Wegener.

"The Man with the Paw" is what people call the very successful banker Wiegant, who is desperately in love with Lena Kroning, the wife of the lawyer Hugo Kroning. So as to be nearer to her, Wiegant hires her husband to be the bank's lawyer. Shortly thereafter, Wiegant is suspected of having conned the Countess Steindorff during a telephone conversation; but he never did. During the relevant period of time, he was with Lena "having tea" (uh huh), which he conceals from the lawyer-husband, so as to protect Lena.

A moving actor at the rococo era shows the power-hungry-crude minister of a small state prince in the barriers, while he makes use of his resemblance to the sovereign and slips in his role. - Double role for Rudolf Forster who plays his figures very much chilly.

A well scripted and captivating thriller about the owners of a small private bank in Berlin, squeezing money out of honest business firms, causing their bankruptcies, and then trying to smuggle the cash into Switzerland.

Nazi film about the story of a Nazi Storm Trooper named Horst Wessel--here called "Hans Westmar"--who took part in street brawls and assassinations in Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s against Communists and other opponents of the Nazis, and was killed by Communists not long before this film came out.

A Hapsburg archduke in the 1880s gives up his title, changes his name, marries a Viennese actress, and then disappears with her on a South American ocean voyage.

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).

Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, sociopathic scientist who combines the genes of an executed murderer with those of a prostitute. The result is a beautiful young woman named Alraune (Brigitte Helm), who is incapable of feeling any real emotions -- least of all guilt or regret. Upon attaining adulthood, Alraune sets about to seduce and destroy every male who crosses her path. Ultimately, Professor Brinken is hoist on his own petard when he falls hopelessly in love with Alraune himself. Alraune was remade in 1930, with Brigitte Helm repeating her role, and again in 1951, with Hildegarde Knef as the "heroine" and Erich von Stroheim as her misguided mentor.

Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.

Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.

An engineer develops a device that will disarm any electrically power device, in an attempt to prevent armed conflicts.

Die Weber (1927), a rousing German tale of the 1844 weavers’ revolution.

Balzac adaptation: Escaped convict moves into a brothel where he becomes father to a boy. But his advantageous position is eventually threatened by one of the whores who has fallen in love with the convict's grown up son.

A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.

Film by Manfred Noa.

The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and E.A. Dupont.

In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.

In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.

In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.

Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.

Vanina loves rebel leader Octavio, who gets caught. He gets a pardon and marries Vanina. When he is captured again, Vanina helps him to escape prison. They are both caught, and after his execution she dies from grief.

La devoción por una bella esclava provoca una guerra entre el faraón Amenes y el rey de Etiopía. Pero ella ama a Ramphis. Fue la película más espectacular que se había producido hasta entonces en Europa y utilizaba una impresionante reconstrucción de las pirámides, los templos, los desiertos e incluso el Nilo en los estudios alemanes Ufa.

Trying to kill herself, Mary is saved by rich Roswolsky.

Based on the novella Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte by Adelbert von Chamisso.

Based on the novella Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte by Adelbert von Chamisso.

Clásico del cine mudo alemán que cuenta la leyenda de una estatua: el Golem. En el siglo XVI, en el gueto de Praga, vivía el Rabino Löw, mago y maestro en el arte de la nigromancia. Para evitar la expulsión de los judíos, ordenada por el Emperador Rodolfo II, modeló la figura de arcilla del Golem e invocó al espíritu de Astaharot para que le otorgará la vida. Sin embargo, cuando los judíos consiguen quedarse en la ciudad, y el Golem salva la vida del Emperador, el rabino trata de invalidar su conjuro y quitarle la vida porque ya ha realizado su cometido. Pero cuando un sirviente, cegado de amor, se la devuelve, la figura de arcilla escapa de la influencia humana y se convierte en una amenaza. Esta fascinante obra maestra del expresionismo, claro precedente del mito de Frankenstein es, seguramente, la primera gran película sobre monstruos de la historia del cine .

Clásico del cine mudo alemán que cuenta la leyenda de una estatua: el Golem. En el siglo XVI, en el gueto de Praga, vivía el Rabino Löw, mago y maestro en el arte de la nigromancia. Para evitar la expulsión de los judíos, ordenada por el Emperador Rodolfo II, modeló la figura de arcilla del Golem e invocó al espíritu de Astaharot para que le otorgará la vida. Sin embargo, cuando los judíos consiguen quedarse en la ciudad, y el Golem salva la vida del Emperador, el rabino trata de invalidar su conjuro y quitarle la vida porque ya ha realizado su cometido. Pero cuando un sirviente, cegado de amor, se la devuelve, la figura de arcilla escapa de la influencia humana y se convierte en una amenaza. Esta fascinante obra maestra del expresionismo, claro precedente del mito de Frankenstein es, seguramente, la primera gran película sobre monstruos de la historia del cine .

Clásico del cine mudo alemán que cuenta la leyenda de una estatua: el Golem. En el siglo XVI, en el gueto de Praga, vivía el Rabino Löw, mago y maestro en el arte de la nigromancia. Para evitar la expulsión de los judíos, ordenada por el Emperador Rodolfo II, modeló la figura de arcilla del Golem e invocó al espíritu de Astaharot para que le otorgará la vida. Sin embargo, cuando los judíos consiguen quedarse en la ciudad, y el Golem salva la vida del Emperador, el rabino trata de invalidar su conjuro y quitarle la vida porque ya ha realizado su cometido. Pero cuando un sirviente, cegado de amor, se la devuelve, la figura de arcilla escapa de la influencia humana y se convierte en una amenaza. Esta fascinante obra maestra del expresionismo, claro precedente del mito de Frankenstein es, seguramente, la primera gran película sobre monstruos de la historia del cine .

Yeggar, un payaso jorobado, director de un espectáculo ambulante, se enamora de una de las bailarinas. Ella cede a sus deseos, pero también le es infiel. Basada en la pantomima teatral creada por Max Reinhardt, es un nuevo acercamiento al ambiente de cuento de hadas en parajes exóticos.

"Night people". Thomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple, who hardly can move on his crutches. He dwells a fanatical love for his son, whom he holds like a monkey in a cage. His servants are defaced dwarfs. His secretary is trying to steal Bezugs assets. These are the night people.

Cuenta la historia de Madame DuBarry, quien de humilde origen, llegó a alcanzar el puesto de favorita del rey Luis XV, quien la hizo condesa al casarla con un noble de la Corte, así como los hechos que llevaron a la Revolución Francesa.

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

An adaptation of the famous fairy tale.

As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous.

As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous.

As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous.

In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.

In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.

In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.

En esta versión de la leyenda, el golem, una estatua de arcilla que cobró vida por el rabino Loew en la Praga del siglo XVI para salvar a los judíos de la brutal persecución de los gobernantes de la ciudad, se encuentra entre los escombros de una antigua sinagoga en el siglo XX. siglo. Traído a la vida por un anticuario, el golem se utiliza como sirviente de baja categoría. Finalmente, se enamora de la esposa del traficante y se desboca cuando su amor por ella no resulta correspondido.

En esta versión de la leyenda, el golem, una estatua de arcilla que cobró vida por el rabino Loew en la Praga del siglo XVI para salvar a los judíos de la brutal persecución de los gobernantes de la ciudad, se encuentra entre los escombros de una antigua sinagoga en el siglo XX. siglo. Traído a la vida por un anticuario, el golem se utiliza como sirviente de baja categoría. Finalmente, se enamora de la esposa del traficante y se desboca cuando su amor por ella no resulta correspondido.

En esta versión de la leyenda, el golem, una estatua de arcilla que cobró vida por el rabino Loew en la Praga del siglo XVI para salvar a los judíos de la brutal persecución de los gobernantes de la ciudad, se encuentra entre los escombros de una antigua sinagoga en el siglo XX. siglo. Traído a la vida por un anticuario, el golem se utiliza como sirviente de baja categoría. Finalmente, se enamora de la esposa del traficante y se desboca cuando su amor por ella no resulta correspondido.

Directed by Paul Wegener.

Praga, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, un estudiante sin dinero, se enamora de la condesa Margit, una mujer noble y rica a la que ha salvado de morir ahogada.

Praga, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, un estudiante sin dinero, se enamora de la condesa Margit, una mujer noble y rica a la que ha salvado de morir ahogada.