Lotte Stein

Bernhard Frankfurter, a young Austrian filmmaker, follows the trails and roots of several German-speaking filmmakers who had been forced into exil by Hitler faschism. He interviewed prominent and less well-known artists who were forced to leave their (artistic) heimat because they were politically or racially no longer "acceptable"... A documentary film in which the personal commitment of the filmmaker is purposely brought to the attention of the viewer.

En 1900, Naomi Murdoch abandonó su pequeño pueblo y su familia para poder actuar en otras partes del país. Diez años después, su hija Lily invita a su madre a verla actuar en una obra del instituto. La vuelta a su hogar será la comidilla de la ciudad, despertando viejos conflictos y provocando emociones tormentosas...

Un grupo de individuos de diferentes nacionalidades aunará esfuerzos para conseguir su preciado sueño: alcanzar el pico de una de las montañas más altas de los Alpes suizos, que nunca ha sido escalada.

Dr. Morgan (Onslow Stevens) and Dr. Cavigny (Ralph Morgan) star as a brace of scientists who return from the West Indies with a potent, phosphorescent serum that allegedly changes human beings into cats.

Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.

A punto de terminar la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), los aliados tratan de impedir que los alemanes fabriquen la bomba atómica. Con este fin, la Organización de Servicios Estratégicos (OSS) recluta al físico nuclear Jesper y le encarga que busque a su colega Katerin Lodor y la saque de Suiza para interrogarla. Pero, cuando la encuentra, una enfermera nazi impide que la rescate. A continuación, la misión de Jesper consiste en ir a Italia y convencer al doctor Polda, otro físico nuclear, para que abandone a los alemanes y colabore con los aliados. Pero Polda no podrá hacerlo mientras no libere a su hija.

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.

Martin Richter, alemán que trabaja para los aliados, consigue escapar por los pelos de la Gestapo. Se refugia en un hotel, en espera de que la II Guerra Mundial llegue a su fin.

El Dr. Hohner (Karloff), médico del teatro en el Teatro Real de Viena, asesina a su amante, la estrella soprano cuando sus celos lo llevan al punto de la loca obsesión. Diez años más tarde, otro joven cantante (Foster) le recuerda a Hohner a la difunta diva, y su vieja manía comienza. Hohner quiere evitar que cante para alguien que no sea él, incluso si eso significa silenciarla para siempre. La novia de la cantante (Bey) se apresura a salvarla en el clímax de la película.

The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope (Lynn Merrick). The fly in the ointment is Dena Marshall (Janis Carter), who has set her sights on the handsome Rich.

One autumn, Edgar, a 12 year old boy, spends a holiday with his mother at a plush hotel in Switzerland. His father, a busy lawyer, remains at the family home in Vienna. When he sees a stylish motorcar pull up at the hotel, Edgar wastes no time befriending its owner, an amiable dandy. The latter pays more attention to the boy’s mother than to the boy himself, and decides to use Edgar to wheedle his way into her affections. When Edgar realises he has been used, he is far from happy...

"A woman must forgive everything"- Brunhilde's parents expects her to marry Mr. Kuhn. To avoid this Brunhilde makes plans with her lover and piano teacher. She will wear the ugliest possible dress and sing horribly when she meets with Kuhn.

Una mujer es acusada de asesinato y condenada a muerte. Un miembro del jurado, Sir John Menier, empieza a investigar por su cuenta, intentando demostrar su inocencia. "Mary" es una versión que se hizo en alemán para la República de Weimar sobre la película "Murder" de 1930. Se filmó en Inglaterra con actores alemanes y en el conjunto sólo dos de ellos están en ambas versiones. Se trata de un remake total (planos exactos) de la original, salvo por el detalle de que dura 20 minutos menos.

Eddie, a muscular circus performer, catch one night a burglar. It is Paul who is stealing from his wealthy sister Eveline. He needs money for his opium abuse, caused by the unscrupulous dealer Van Straaten.

After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and had to leave the country as a result. Impoverished and lonely, he struggles on alone until the market saleswoman Hanne offers him shelter, although she does not have much money either. They fall in love and Martin even finds work on the construction site for the subway through Tempelhofer Feld. One day, however, he collapses there, whereupon the pregnant Hanne tries to nurse him back to health.

"Guilty" - Thomas Feld returns home after 16 years in prison to find his wife Magda and daughter Maria fell in the hands of Peter Cornelius, the owner of a cabaret. Lawyer Frank Peters falls in love with Maria.

An ill-fated love affair between a brothel waitress and a doctor's son.

The good citizens of a small Austrian town are all aquiver; the schoolmaster has published a brochure in which can be read, black on white, the story of the 'dead guest,' in whose embrace the town's prospective brides found death. But worst of all, the writer of the brochure has plausibly concluded that the 'dead guest' will return this very year! A copy of this film is conserved in the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).

A cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60, 000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisfaction in politics, sport, love and religion.

"The Girl's Shepherd" - at that time a common name for a pimp. About promiscuity and naivety leading up to complicated situations.

A Man's Girlhood examines in comic form the conundrums of hermaphrodism. Depicts the memories of the author, published in 1907 as an anonymous biography under the pseudonym NOBody, but was, following the taste of the time, dramatically oversubscribed. A child born without a clear gender is raised by the father as a boy, later by the uncle as a girl and dissected after death.

Axel and Bertha are a modern, emancipated artist couple in Paris. He is feminine and vain. She is financially independent, member of the women's association "Married's Women's right of ownership" and uses male nude models.