Fritz Alberti

Film by Randolf and Loos.

This German crime drama was based on a true story. Willy Forst stars as a poverty-stricken Italian glazier who falls in love with French hotel maid Rosa Valletti. Struck by the girl's resemblance to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Forst manages to steal the painting from the Louvre in hopes of impressing his sweetheart. But when the girl proves to be a fickle sort, the crestfallen hero confesses his crime and is carted off to jail. Unwilling to admit that he'd been led astray by a woman, Forst claims that he stole the Mona Lisa to restore it to his native Italy, and as a result is hailed as a national hero! Raub der Mona Lisa was distributed in the U.S. by RKO Radio, under the title The Theft of the Mona Lisa.

После вынесения обвинительного приговора по делу об убийстве, один из присяжных сомневается в правильности вердикта и начинает собственное расследование, пока приговор не привели в исполнение…

Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father; based on Dostoevsky's novel.

The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.

a music movie by Heinz Paul

Gustav Froehlich and Charlotte Susa play Rochus and Judith, the zwei menschen (two humans) of the title. Rochus' domineering mother insists that he enter the priesthood, but he is reluctant to break up his blissful romance with the fair Judith. A religious fanatic of the first order, the mother swears before God and her Church that Rochus will indeed take his vows. When this does not come about, she dies of grief, whereupon the guilt-stricken Rochus abandons Judith to become a priest. The girl subsequently commits suicide -- and it is Rochus who must officiate over her body during the funeral. This final scene was excised from the print of Zwei Menschen released in New York, leaving audiences hanging in regard to Judith's ultimate fate.

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.

Хаджи-Мурат, знаменитый наиб, впадает в немилость к предводителю горцев имаму Шамилю, и, преследуемый им, вынужден перейти на сторону русских. Тем временем, желая заполучить голову строптивца, Шамиль берет в заложники его мать и сына…

Молодой врач помог доставить на корабль пострадавшего в драке помощника капитана торгового судна. От желчного капитана сей факт скрыли, тот дал приказ к отплытию, не зная, что на борту оказался случайный пассажир. О возвращении капитан не пожелал и слышать, нашему герою предстояло провести три месяца в компании отборного отребья - среди них есть даже беглый преступник, подстрекающий команду к бунту... По-человечески к врачу-американцу отнёсся лишь русский кок Гриша. Однажды ночью они вдвоём спасают лётчицу из потерпевшего катастрофу аэроплана, им приходится прятать её в трюме от жестокого капитана и взбунтовавшейся команды.

George Manolescu (Ivan Mouskojine) plays a confidence man who works his way from Paris to New York, along the way during a train ride to Monte Carlo he meets the voluptuous as always Cleo (Bigitte Helm) where they have a whirl wind romance which becomes short lived after she flees from him.

Князь Борис Курбский, флюгель-адъютант российского царя, по возвращении в Санкт-Петербург, в поезде знакомится с очаровательной молодой итальянкой Еленой. На границе он помогает ей пройти пограничный контроль, сказав, что она его жена. Они действительно влюбляются друг в друга. Но Борис узнаёт, с какой целью Елена приехала в Россию: она член революционной организации, которая готовит покушение на царя…

When Hamburg ship's mate Klaus Brandt catches a thief one night at the port, his downfall is pre-ordained. For the thief turns out to be a young, attractive woman and the otherwise upright sailor allows her to slip away. Jenny is the star of a local dive bar, with a side-line in smuggling.

A handsome barber in Sweden doesn't know he's actually the Crown Prince of a Balkan kingdom in this charming Swedish-German comedy that effortlessly weaves together multiple Ruritanian tropes.

Кафе «Электрик» — злачное местечко, в котором собирается разношерстная публика: от сутенеров и проституток до респектабельных бизнесменов. Здесь проводит свои вечера альфонс Фердл. Тут же строительный магнат Гётлингер отмечает успешную сделку со своим партнером, «отрываясь» с местными девочками…

König der Mittelstürmer / King of the Centre Forwards refers with the name of its hero to the German soccer legend of the twenties: Tull Harder, star of the Hamburger Sport Verein (HSV). But the story itself is completely fictitious: The son of a trade company's director falls in love with the daughter of a big American oil magnat. But she suspects him to be only interested in her money. So she buys his father's company to take revenge on him. The son's true love is soccer, and from the very first moment the soccer fever is present throughout the film. It starts with pictures of a soccer game and even an apple or a crumpled up paper must serve as substitute for a ball. Whereas Die elf Teufel promotes soccer as "the sport of the century", König der Mittelstürmer shows the hero's father who still has to be convinced from its importance. He hates soccer and blames everybody to be "soccer crazy".

Die elf Teufel / The Eleven Devils was made in Berlin in the summer of 1927, in the last throes of the silent movie era. But Die elf Teufel strikes one today as a prophetic film. One of its early captions is "Football, the sport of the century ". We are shown a ball bathed in light like some sacred relic, and observe how, even in those early days, fans on the terraces wouldn't shy away from using their fists.

a silent war movie by Heinz Paul

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.

The story of Brennende Grenze (= Burning Border) starts after the end of WWI. Polish franctireurs invade the German bordering regions which are to be given to Poland as agreed on in the post-war peace treaties. Luise von Willkühnen's manor is invaded by Ladislaus von Zeremski, his lover Nadja and their gang. They treaten the inhabitants until Luise's son kills Zeremski.

For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli - but on a strange condition...

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