Ernst Pittschau

По разрушенному бомбёжками Берлину бегает белокурый немецкий мальчик Эдмунд Келер в попытках найти пропитание для себя и своей семьи. Остальные домочадцы полностью деморализованы крушением незыблемого мифа о величии нации. Руины некогда прекрасного города, горестные очереди за бесплатной едой, попытка продать последнее и отчаянные попытки нащупать хоть какой-то смысл дальнейшего существования. Существует мнение, что синдром поражения после победы может быть преодолён лишь детским сознанием. Мальчик впитывает этот страшный мир, и в какой-то момент переходит по ту сторону добра и зла.

A stuffy old civil servant is forced to retire during World War II, but when his son, a Navy submariner, is lost at sea and his city is heavily bombed by English bombers, his old patriotism is re-awakened and he determines to be of use to his country once again

Viktoria is a Hungarian countess who believes her Hussar captain husband was killed in World War I. She marries an American and resettles at the American consulate in Tokyo. Her first husband reappears, alive; and the American generously releases Viktoria from their union.

Deviating from the historical facts, Lola is introduced as a young Spanish “Gypsy” who becomes involuntarily embroiled in an attempt to poison the Infante of Spain (a short but splendid cameo by Heinrich George). As a result, she has to flee the country, arriving first in Italy, where she is taught how to act like a lady. Later, in Paris, she is invited to dance at the city’s prestigious opera house, becoming a worldwide sensation. She then becomes secretly involved in a revolutionary plot by Louis Napoléon, the future emperor of France. When the plot fails, Lola is once again forced to flee, this time to Munich, where she captures the attention of Ludwig I. Their ensuing affair arouses a great deal of hatred among the people and the establishment, however. In the end, Lola has no choice but to leave again, and vanishes into the night mist.

Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.

A dramatization of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Woman doesn't let the man know whether he is the father of the child.

A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.

Princess Melani wants to find out more about her husband-to-be and impersonates a maid. Her fiancé pretends to be a secretary. An addlebrained servant is ordered to play the count. His first official act is to pass a pay rise for himself. In the meantime his highness / the secretary is flirting with the maid.

A variation of the famous Oscar Wilde tale in which Dorian Gray's soul is manifested in a painting instead of his own body.

Сестры Эдит и Виолетта – артистки варьете – возвращаются с похорон своей сестры Гасси, которая покончила жизнь самоубийством из-за несчастной любви. Им передают прощальное письмо Гасси, в котором она просит сестер отомстить обманувшему ее негодяю…