Widowed carpenter Vincenz Olivier lives with his 8-year-old son Boubou in a small French town. But on the day he is supposed to marry the mayor′s daughter, Louise, his dark past catches up with him: Ten years ago, Vincenz – whose real name is Leon Bernier – escaped from prioson after being convicted of murdering his lover′s sister. Taking Boubou with him, Vincenz, who then and now still denies the crime, flees from the police in a desperate attempt to prove his innocence.
When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase.
Fräulein von Nordeck zur Nidden - Oberin des Stifts
Manuela es una adolescente que es enviada a un rígido internado después de la muerte de su madre. La directora del establecimiento es una convencida de que el hambre y la disciplina afirman el carácter de las niñas, pero Manuela tiene problemas ajustándose a la rígida disciplina de la directora. Así la niña es cuidada por la maestra Elizabeth Von Bernburg, que es la profesora más joven del internado y por la que todas las niñas (incluida Manuela) suspiran enamoradas... Basada en una obra de Christa Winsloe, fue la primera película que claramente trataba el tema del lesbianismo, y obtuvo un considerable éxito tanto en Europa como en Estados Unidos.
When a prostitute is murdered in a cheap Berlin boarding house, an investigating judge suspects that the killer is her boyfriend, unaware that his own son and daughter are also mixed up in the case.
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.
