Peter, un humilde vendedor de coles, decide casarse, por lo que acude al hombrecito de cristal, que le concede dinero y bienes. Pero Peter gasta su fortuna a manos llenas antes de la boda, y tiene que invocar al malvado Michel para salir del apuro. Éste le exige su corazón a cambio de cumplir con sus deseos. Con un corazón de piedra, Peter se vuelve cruel e injusto. Sin embargo, un resto de humanidad le hace recapacitar, y en su desesperación clama de nuevo por el hombrecito de cristal…
Screenplay
Vater Simon
As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing, a group of concentration camp inmates is helped to escape by a Polish doctor. They hide in a wood where they meet other fugitives, who have been there for months, constantly in fear of being discovered. Out of fear of the German army patrols, they do not dare to leave the forest, even as the food supplies run low.
Paul Demuth
Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin. Confident in her career, Elisabeth, who is Jewish, ignores the advice of a colleague to leave Germany in the face of increasing anti-Semitism. Believing that he can protect her if she becomes his wife, Hans convinces Elisabeth to marry him. In the following years, as Hans's career thrives, Elisabeth awaits the end of the Nazi terror which bars her from public life. When the situation worsens in 1938 with the Kristallnacht pogrom, Elisabeth decides to leave the country, but Hans, who still believes he can protect her, convinces her to stay with him.
Offermann
Lorbeer
Fritz is in love with artist Glay, who stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of not having any money he gets to know her, invites her to supper and after dancing a tango even hires the royal suite. How will he get out of this is a mystery even to himself.
Theaterdirektor
When a criminal named King Fu who has terrorized a city substitutes himself for a stage actor who resembles him, the staff and spectators at that night's show think the actor is giving an unusually good performance.
Max Meier
Comedy about a clerk in a clothing store.
Maurus Colwyn
Also known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings stars as famed operatic singer Albert Winkelmann, who is greeted with cheers, applause and romantic propositions whenever he performs in his native Vienna. But when he embarks on a tour of South America, tragedy strikes. The sweltering climate causes Winkelmann to lose his voice on stage, a disaster met with hoots and cat-calls. Dispirited he returns to Europe, where he soon learns that no one is aware of what happened in South America. Intending to retire so as not to be exposed to further humiliation, Winkelmann is goaded back on stage -- where, miraculously, his gorgeous voice returns.
Patient
Three friends who are broke decide to found a film production company. When they start shooting their first film chaos arises...
Händler
En algún lugar del sur de Baviera, Xaver quiere casarse con Gretel, pero el padre de ésta, Kohlhiesel, quiere que su hija mayor, Liesel, se case primero, como mandaba la tradición en ese lugar. El problema es que nadie quiere casarse con Liesel, porque es demasiado brusca. Xaver sugiere que primero se casará con Liesel y luego se deshará de ella, para más tarde volver a casarse con Gretel. (Eddie Constanti)
Heftiger Vater
Nymphs and gods and their foul play. Directed by Max Reinhardt.
