Erich Kettelhut

В течение нескольких лет в ряде европейских стран происходят загадочные преступления: убийства, похищения людей, террористические акты, крупные финансовые кражи. Все они остаются нераскрытыми, но их объединяет одна общая черта — все жертвы бывали постояльцами берлинского отеля «Луксор». К комиссару полиции Крассу, ведущему дело об убийстве известного тележурналиста, обещавшего выступить с сенсационными разоблачениями, в добровольные помощники настойчиво набивается слепой ясновидящий Корнелиус…

Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers. The reporter digs up dirt on the past life of a local hotel owner, and wanting to take full advantage of the muck, he strings out his revelations in a series of perjorative, damning articles on the man. The result of this campaign turns out to be much worse than simply ruining the hotel owner's reputation.

A doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. When he arrives, he finds her battered body lying next to a stream! He then finds himself to be the prime suspect. Who's the killer?

Laslo Benedek interrupted his thriving Hollywood career to return to Europe as director of the German Kinder, Mutter und ein General (Children, Mother and the General). The film is set in Berlin during the last days of WW II. Desperate for manpower, Hitler has ordered that all able-bodied teenaged boys --some as young as 15 -- be drafted into the army. Frau Asmussen (Hilde Krahl) is one of five mothers who learn to their horror that their boys have been slated to be cannon fodder on behalf of the Third Reich. Asmussen and the other mothers head directly to the front to plead with the German generals for the lives of their sons. Not directly an indictment of Germany's involvement in (or incitement of) the recent war, Kinder, Mutter und ein General stresses the futility and heartbreak of all wars everywhere.

Wolf Noltenius is a real globetrotter. Early on, this talented young man travelled far and wide, where he earned fame as a construction planner. He moved to Brazil; but one day, homesickness got the best of him. He spontaneously travelled back to his hometown to visit his brother Werner and his family. Wolf and Werner, who both went into the same profession, couldn't be any more different: the one is worldly and an experienced man-about-town; the other a small bourgeois.

Темпераментная и обворожительная «звезда» варьете Юлия решает отдохнуть от поклонников и славы. Но директор театра не разделяет стремления популярной актрисы к уединению — он «категорически против»! Зная об этом, любимица публики решает бежать «в отпуск» тайком, и в результате директорских козней и нелепых случайностей оказывается в пути без денег, документов и билета. Строгие контролеры «звезду» театра не узнали, и Юлия среди ночи осталась одна на глухом полустанке. В отчаянии девушка из мечты постучалась в первый попавшийся дом. Она искала только участия, а нашла любовь…

An operetta directed by Herbert Maisch.

After her husband dies, a German woman who gave up her infant for adoption to emigrate to America returns to Germany, discovering that her child is being raised by a married orchestra conductor.

After her husband dies, a German woman who gave up her infant for adoption to emigrate to America returns to Germany, discovering that her child is being raised by a married orchestra conductor.

Baron Franz von Naydek is constantly being mistaken for Prince Woronzeff, since both look identical. One day, Woronzeff decides that this similarity might come in handy. Since he is very ill and can no longer deal with the intrigues of his relatives, he begs his friend Naydek to play the role of prince for a while. Naydek agrees and everything seems to be going splendidly. Woronzeff’s ex-nag Diane sees through the game, however, but says nothing, since she’s fallen for Naydek. He, in turn, has the hots for Nadja, Woronzeff’s daughter, long thought lost and who has now reappeared. The prince’s relatives fear for their inheritance and so refuse to acknowledge Nadja’s existence. In the interim, Woronzeff dies. Now Naydek is obliged to play the role for a much longer time than he bargained for.

Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in the company. But Fred's lapse is momentary, and he again pursues Lia. But she, by this time, has learned of his erstwhile agreement and has agreed to marry someone else.

F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.

Rival window cleaners Willy I and Willy 2 befriend Jou-Jou, an aspiring dancer, who has been tricked out of money by a con-man posing as an American movie mogul, and together they turn an old railway carriage into a "Villa Hollywood" for her.

A woman staying at a health spa (Lillian Harvey, goes to the theater every night to see "Quick" a comic performer, who wears clown make-up. She meets him off stage, without make-up and doesn't recognize him. He courts her, hoping she'll like him for himself but she maintains her crush on "Quick."

Lilian Harvey plays Eva, a young girl taking some time in a health spa and spending her evenings in the town's vaudeville theatre enamoured by a heavily made-up clown called Quick. Quick takes a shine to her and tries to woo her without make-up and masquerading as the theatre's manager. Unable to resolve her feelings for Quick and the theatre manager, Eva is angered when she finally learns that they are one and the same.

Fresh out of prison a small-time crook finds his girlfriend's dropped him, which sends him into a murderous rage.

Two inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred Döblin’s novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.

During an inquest after a woman is killed, the judge suspects his own son. The woman's lover had been friendly with the son and he was also supposed to be married to the judge's daughter.

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.

Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt": An officer, posing as a deli clerk, and a princess, posing as a manicurist, meet at a ball. The court especially the prime minister oppose a marriage, for political reasons.

An emancipated Princess, who has just returned home to her court in the Balkans from England, goes in disguise to a servants’ bal and falls in love with an alleged caterer, who turns out next day to be a lieutenant of the guard. Without letting on to her masquerade, she makes sure he climbs the ranks quickly. At the same time, she tries to thwart her engagement to an unpopular prince.

Simultaneously made French version of "Einbrecher": A wealthy old husband looks for the successor for his young wife.A devious gentleman burglar is one possibility he toys with.

Молодая и красивая Рене несчастлива в браке со своим уже немолодым супругом. Ее мечты о романтических приключениях не спешат сбываться, и однажды, после семейной ссоры, она решается завести интрижку с совсем не похожим на ее идеал поклонником. Однако первое же свидание прерывается самым неожиданным образом, и весьма необычное знакомство с таинственным молодым человеком непредсказуемо меняет скучное течение ее размеренной жизни...

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.

Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).

Уличив в краже из ювелирного магазина молодую красивую женщину, полицейский Холк не смог устоять перед ее чарами и в конце концов согласился не давать делу ход. А вскоре он уже был готов и жениться на ней, когда на сцену вышел ее давний возлюбленный, ограбивший на днях один из парижских банков…

While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.

Directed by Hanns Schwarz.

A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin, then gradually slows down as it pulls into the station. It is very early in the morning, about 5:00 AM, and the great city is mostly quiet. But before long there are some signs of activity, and a few early risers are to be seen on the streets. Soon the new day is well underway. It's just a typical day in Berlin, but a day full of life and energy.

Метрополис — город будущего, разделен на две части. Под землей находятся жилища рабочих, над ними цеха с машинами. В верхнем городе расположены офисы, богатые кварталы и сады развлечений. Вся власть в городе принадлежит магнату Иогану Фендерсону. Его сын — Фредер догадывается о несправедливости, царящей в метрополисе. Спустившись в машинную зону, Фредер приходит в ужас: он видит страшного Молоха, пожирающего людей. Не в силах смириться с увиденным, он начинает борьбу со злом.

Метрополис — город будущего, разделен на две части. Под землей находятся жилища рабочих, над ними цеха с машинами. В верхнем городе расположены офисы, богатые кварталы и сады развлечений. Вся власть в городе принадлежит магнату Иогану Фендерсону. Его сын — Фредер догадывается о несправедливости, царящей в метрополисе. Спустившись в машинную зону, Фредер приходит в ужас: он видит страшного Молоха, пожирающего людей. Не в силах смириться с увиденным, он начинает борьбу со злом.

Метрополис — город будущего, разделен на две части. Под землей находятся жилища рабочих, над ними цеха с машинами. В верхнем городе расположены офисы, богатые кварталы и сады развлечений. Вся власть в городе принадлежит магнату Иогану Фендерсону. Его сын — Фредер догадывается о несправедливости, царящей в метрополисе. Спустившись в машинную зону, Фредер приходит в ужас: он видит страшного Молоха, пожирающего людей. Не в силах смириться с увиденным, он начинает борьбу со злом.

Вторая часть немого художественного фильма Фрица Ланга по мотивам средневековой германской эпической поэмы «Песнь о Нибелунгах».

Немой художественный фильм Фрица Ланга по мотивам средневековой германской эпической поэмы «Песнь о Нибелунгах».

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.

Доктор Мабузе — демон во плоти, главарь шайки бандитов. Полиция идет по его следу, но безуспешно, потому что он умело меняет свою внешность: то он — аристократ, то — банкир, а иногда — нетрезвый матрос. Но главное — он обладает даром гипноза, от которого его жертвам нет спасения.

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.

Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi Ramigani to England to look for Herbert Rowland, an architect; but when he orders him to build a tomb, Rowland refuses.