Heinrich Schroth

German chancellor Otto von Bismarck promises the dying emperor Wilhelm I. to be loyal to his grandson. But the gap between young Kaiser Wilhelm II. and old Bismarck is rapidly widening. It soon appears that an era is coming to an end.

Драма о жизни голландского художника Рембрандта рассказывает о том, как гениальный художник преодолевает невзгоды и неудачи. Он настойчив духом, верит в искусство и верен себе, но, в конце концов, финансовые проблемы по вине «еврейских мошенников» делают художника бедным и больным.

В 1733 году герцог Карл Александр Вюртембергский назначает своим финансовым советником зажиточного торговца Зюсса Оппенгеймера. Оппенгеймер вводит таможенные сборы за пользование дорогами и придумывает всё новые налоги, чтобы снабдить герцога деньгами. Постепенно он усиливает влияние на своего покровителя и тот, в итоге, предоставляет ему полную свободу действий. При этом Оппенгеймер действует не только в своих личных интересах. Он добивается от герцога снять запрет на проживание евреев в Вюртемберге.

Весной 1905 года проект водопровода в канадском городе Канитога планируется завершить. В течение многих лет завершение омрачалось саботажем. Инженер Оливер Монтстюарт командует последней взрывной операцией. Но опять же, заряд взрывчатого вещества слишком велик, и, таким образом, дальнейшее строительство снова приостанавливается. Когда Монтстюарт противостоит бригадиру Вестбруку, бригадир угрожает ему ножом. В целях самообороны Монтстюарт стреляет в него. Теперь он должен бежать.

Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).

1936: Fahnrich Peter serves on a torpedo boat. Peter loves Carmita, the pretty sister of a fellow seaman. But then his superior officer falls in love with her, too, who offers to marry Carmita and who accepts. Disappointed, Peter's relationship to his superior turns sour, but eventually improves after recognition of his heroic behaviour handling a fire on board his ship. Later on, his unit is sent off to fight in Spain against the Reds. In those same waters, Carmita and her father are taken prisoner by the Communists when they commandeer their cruise ship. Peter's commander receives the order not to take action against the Spanish communist pirates, but Peter and his buddies take it upon themselves to take the situation in hand. However, Peter and his buddies find themselves prisoners of the Commies, too and now his superior must decide what to do about it.

Германия, осень 1918 года. Первая мировая война подходит к концу, но все немецкие силы все еще находятся в состоянии мобилизации. Перед молодым и неопытным лейтенантом Преториусом стоит трудная задача - привести запасной полк в Бранденбург. Боевой дух мужчин низок, так как на этот раз им было отказано в обычном отпуске домой. Когда транспорт добрался до Берлина, настроение солдат улучшилось. Почти все они берлинцы и надеются провести несколько свободных часов в родном городе. Преториус игнорирует предупреждения своего начальства и дает своим людям выходной на несколько часов. Они проводят его в очень разных кругах, сопротивляясь искушению дезертировать. Национал-социалистический пропагандистский фильм о «солдатских добродетелях».

The film depicts the love affair between William I and Elisa Radziwill.

German film.

Der Herrscher (The Sovereign) was based on Before Sunset, a play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The great Emil Jannings stars as Mathias Clausen, a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies. Determining to start life anew, he falls in love with his secretary Inken (Marianne Hoppe) and impulsively takes a vacation to Italy. Clausen's selfish grown children, not wishing to share their father's affections -- nor his money -- with his new wife-to-be, go to court demanding that Clausen be declared mentally incompetent. Upon finding this out, Clausen flies into a rage, leaving the audience to wonder whether or not he really as gone off his trolley. Der Herrscher was directed by Veit Harlan, more famous (or notorious) for his viciously anti-Semitic Jud Suess (1940).

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin.

The clever Zacharias Bräsig is a good friend to all and tries to help out, where he can. Bräsig also meddles in the relationships of young people, so that by the end of the film, there's a double marriage.

Этот фильм рассказывает о действиях иностранных агентов в Германии и союзных ей странах среди немецкого населения. Разместив в местной газете объявление о поиске «контакта с шишками немецкой промышленности», вражеские агенты Моррис и Гейер в конечном итоге вступают в контакт с инженером по имени Брокау. Брокау разработал способ превращения нефти в бензин, и это как раз то, что ищут эти вражеские агенты. Брокау, в свою очередь, как раз нуждается в деньгах. И он не единственный невольный предатель, попавший в лапы злобных агентов: бывший банковский агент Ханс Клемм, сейчас проходящий службу в вермахте, связывается с агентом с другой стороны и в конечном итоге при помощи шантажа также начинает работать на них.

For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser.

Baron von Goret is an impoverished landowner, whose estate is about to go into receivership. And so, for that reason, he wishes to marry off his son Hermann with his well-off girlfriend Helga. But Hermann is in love with the farmer’s daughter Dorothea. He leaves his father’s estate with her and makes his way to Berlin to make a name for himself. He’s not successful in this and, so as not to stand in his way, Dorothea leaves him. Hermann’s aunt brings him back to his father’s estate, where, depressed over losing Dorothea, works tirelessly to clear the estate of all its debts.

In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a fortune on credit even though he only has $10 to his name. To do so, he enlists the aide of a bank clerk and begins posing as a millionaire.

Based on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain's uniform, assumed command of a troop of guardsmen, declared the town of Köpenick under military law, arrested the mayor and confiscated the town treasury.

Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.

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.

German-language version of the film Atlantic (1929).

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

Профессор-генетик Якоб тен Бринкен, следуя древним магическим поверьям, создаёт из корня мандрагоры девушку Альрауне — существо, не отягощённое наследственностью и приносящее удачу тем, кто находится рядом с ней. Он отдаёт её на воспитание в пансион. Когда Альрауне взрослеет, она сбегает из пансиона с влюблённым в неё юношей и затем вынуждает его присоединиться к бродячей цирковой труппе. Через несколько лет профессор находит её и говорит молодой женщине, которая его совсем не помнит, что он её отец. Заинтригованная тайной своего происхождения, Альрауне находит научные записи тен Бринкена, из которых узнает правду. Узнав, что она вообще не человек, девушка испытывает шок и решает отомстить профессору, который постепенно начинает относиться к ней уже не как к дочери, а как к возлюбленной.

The story of a Berlin tenement and its inhabitants. A silent drama by Gerhard Lamprecht.

A hunter is hired by a count to track down a poacher who has been killing deer on his estate.

Rupp (Jannings) is a former butcher, made rich in the meat packing industry as a result of the reversal of fortunes brought on by WWI. He is crude, uncouth and uneducated. His son, Fred, is the apple of his father's eye and is an auto enthusiast. The widowed Rupp falls in love with a former aristocrat, Helen, now down on her luck and pawning her last heirloom. He proposes marriage and she accepts in order to save her ailing mother who needs a monetary influx to avoid death. Her former boyfriend, Platen, warns Helen against Rupp's intentions - he and Rupp are enemies, Rupp having caused his being fired for protecting a chorus girl against Rupp's unwanted advances. Meanwhile, Graf, a shyster, arranges purchase of a near bankrupt auto manufacturing firm, Phoenix, to Rupp's great advantage with practically no monetary recognition to Graf, who swears revenge. Rupp comes upon his son begging Helen not to marry his father but to return to Platen.

An adaptation of Homer's epic Greek poem THE ODYSSEY, this was one of a series of 1920s adventure films starring Luciano Albertini and directed by Max Obal. Albertini goes through a series of acrobatic and life-threatening adventures as he is pursued across city streets while pursuing the love of the woman he loves.

German silent film

This is a film produced by and starring German comedienne Wanda Treumann, and co-written and co-directed by Rosa Porten. Rosa Porten made films in the 1910s together with her husband Franz Eckstein, using the pseudonym Dr. R. Portegg. According to contemporary press, they were known for their proficient direction. The film mixes comedy with romance and social drama. It focuses on the interrelations of gender and class and on a factory girls independent spirit, business competence, and sense of humour. The plot has a serious undertone, but both its comic twists and Treumanns guileless acting lend it a striking breeziness and a pro-lib edge.

A tyrannical landowner terrorizes his wife and seduces the daughter of one of his employees.

Dr. Robert Hart visits his friend Ursula von Hohenau in Saxony in July 1914. There he hears about the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia. He immediately returns to his home town where, just before mobilisation, he meets the Polish count Bransky and his daughter Jadwiga, the French Vicomte Latour and the Russian counsellor of embassy count Bronislaw Krascinsky. Bronislaw is madly in love with Jadwiga and jealous of Dr. Hart. After the outbreak of the war Dr. Hart works close to the Polish frontlines. Bronislaw leads the Russian troops in this area. When Bronislaw is wounded during a battle with the Germans Dr. Hart finds him and takes care of his wounds.

Henny Porten plays the dual role of a rather indecorous Countess and her kitchen maid Karoline Blum, an amateur actress.

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

A young married woman's attraction to a violinist sours as his behaviour grows more and more aggressive.

A silent movie by Robert Wiene.