Theodor Loos

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a...

In 1984, Academy Award winning composer Giorgio Moroder introduced Fritz Lang’s science fiction epic Metropolis to a new generation of...

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's...

Part of the artificial-creature series encompassing Der Golem (1914 and 1920), Alraune (1918, 1928, 1930) and Metropolis (1926), 'Homunculus' was the...

Richard Ortmann the artificial man (Homunculus) has become the head of the corporation that represents the capital and power of the country, but he...

For a long time the homunculus had to hide from his pursuers. But now he mingles with humanity again and sows discord, strife and murder. One day,...

The homunculus and his companion Edgar Rodin make an invention that would allow the hateful homunculus to destroy the world. But first he wants to...

A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.

Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the...

Weimar era screwball comedy about a floor model who is required to go out evenings to escort VIPs while her boyfriend has to wait at home.

Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and...

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....

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.

Martin Hollmann, a young gardener meets his significantly older wife's daughter from her first marriage. Liesbeth Kröger is from his generation...

This 1936 film tells the story of the doings of foreign agents in Germany and their allies among the German population. Having placed an ad in a...

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...

Historical drama portraying the life of German baroque architect Andreas Schlüter.

Ariane was Hungarian director Paul Czinner's first talking picture. Starring in the title role is Czinner's charming wife, Elizabeth Bergner,...

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon completion of the picture, the men of...

Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it....

Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of...

In the year 1810, the Tyrol is suffering under French occupation. A servant, who believes himself oppressed and disenfranchised by the peasants,...

The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to...

In 1756, a masked ball was officially celebrated in the Dresden Palais of the Saxon Minister Heinrich von Brühl. Unofficially, however, talks...

A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.

A renowned actress rescues a small theater, which is on the verge of bankruptcy.

During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.

A forest ranger, after spending years tracking down a poacher, is taken aback to learn the man is the father of his beloved.

Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are thirsty for women and celebration. The ship...

Just for fun and to prove to the daughter of the castle lord how courageous they are, three young men agree to each spend one night in the "blue...

Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.

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...

During lunch break at the movie studio, the extras rush to the canteen Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Maria Paudler and Luis Trenker are chatting. Eva von...

In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the...

About a gypsy who earns a living as a dancer in cheap barracks. Homeless, her performance is documented by a young and talented but largely...

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.

Irene is unhappy because her lawyer husband Dr. Leuttern never has time for her. Womanizer Mac Norris slyly benefits from her depression and lures...

The beautiful Evelyne Schratt, who has many admirerers, and whose two husbands both died under mysterious circumstances, is giving a reception. When...

Gustav Froehlich and Charlotte Susa play Rochus and Judith, the zwei menschen (two humans) of the title. Rochus' domineering mother insists that he...

Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers escape from a Siberian lead-mine. Karl manages to reach Germany...

Drama about street walker Elena who marries shop keeper Albert. When her former pimp Peter shows up, her life is ruined. She shoots him and poisons...

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against...

Napoleon at Saint Helena (German: Napoleon auf Sankt Helena) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Werner...

A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term, and their class teacher teaching them about humanism and tolerance, a lesson...

The demonic Rasputin is poisoned but survives to continue seducing in evil ways, in this historical thriller.

Elisabeth is subject of a girl's boarding school run by the nuns. The village idiot Michele adores her and is particularly drawn to her organ...

The Viennese seamstress Gabi Berghofer wants to marry an innkeeper. But he marries someone else. Gabi then becomes a model for a painter, who falls...

The First World War. The young, English Lieutenant Raleigh is sent to the company of a disillusioned Captain Stanhope. Stanhope is secretly engaged...

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another...

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.

Even without the benefit of sound, the 1922 German adaptation of Othello seems more operatic than Shakespearean. This may be due to the casting of...

In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself: on the misery of his soul...

German silent film about the life of Martin Luther

This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the...

Maharaj Gowan is in love with the blonde circus rider Yrida. However, the son of the Maharaj also have strong feelings for her.

The Devil decides to go and visit Kurfürstendamm, where all his clients seem to come from. He settles at "Pension Elvira", where everybody...

"Night people". Thomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple, who hardly can move on his crutches. He...

Film by Trotz.

Film by Wenzler.

Adaptation of Goethe's historical play "Götz von Berlichingen and the Iron Hand", set in the Holy Roman Empire.

Adventure film in an exotic setting based on the “Indian Tomb”: While visiting a circus in Germany, the Indian maharajah Gowan sees the...

Film by Randolf and Loos.

1938 German film.

Anastasia's supposed escape and possible survival was one of the most popular historical mysteries of the 20th century, provoking many books and...

It is purely coincidental that an assassination attempt against the Minister of Defense is thwarted. The attempt on his life was made by a group of...

Die Weber (1927), a rousing German tale of the 1844 weavers’ revolution.

The married Lady Emma Hamilton has an ill fated romance with Admiral Horatio Nelson.

In 1914 a Hungarian officer inherits a Stradivarius which is believed to bring back luck to its owner. He and his Italian fiancée are...

A young woman is abused or abandoned by the men in her life.

Weltbrand is the first part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.

Escape from the Golden Dungeon is the second part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.

German war film. This film is considered lost.

Eight Girls concerns an all-female rowing team with its own club-house. One of the team announces she pregnant and finds herself torn between men...

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

When Kriemhild, thirsty for revenge, marries to Etzel, king of the Huns, she invites King Gunther and his court to visit them, intending to finally...

A sculptor obsessed with a pianist will stop at nothing to rid himself of any competition for her affections.

An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.

A group of scientists, led by a Professor Ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes - a "homunculus." This creature is human...

A mysterious man saves the son of a wealthy couple so they allow him to stay at their place for one night but soon a murder happens.

The idealistic journalist Sonja Waler is making every effort to provide financial assistance for the young doctor Albert Holm’s new invention,...

In 17th century Sweden, as is tradition, a magistrate's widow will take over her husband's job for a year after his death. This causes great...

German-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic"....

New color and sound design were given to Fritz Lang's legendary science-fiction film, Metropolis - a fresh take on an old classic.