Hermann Picha

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall....

The film starts with a woman on the run from her millionaire husband giving birth to a daughter in the home of a washerwoman. The woman dies in...

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who...

Based on the play of the same name by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.

A young woman marries a count who is not what he seems.

Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking...

Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the...

A loose, unauthorized adaptation of the 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells. Somewhat illogical, the film has more emphasis on...

An ill-fated love affair between a brothel waitress and a doctor's son.

a silent movie by Heinz Paul

A millionaire steals an ancient idol causing some natives call upon him a terrible curse.

A movie about road safety education.

The story of Romeo and Juliet, a tale as old as time-- Here, played as farcical lark: A goofy comedy of manners set in a snowy Bavarian village.

Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its winners, social climbers, and losers, represented by the...

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

Explores the ethics of a Berlin street during the Weimar era and the struggle for survival in a shady environment.

While a Russian refugee girl attempts to get work in Constantinople to support herself and her grandfather, a Turkish Bey attempts to make her his...

"Comedians" - Axel Swinborne is a celebrated stage star. Although much in demand, he now wants to recover and travel by train on vacation. He leans...

Harry Peel is a bestselling novelist adored by women. But then, a criminal whom he once turned over to the police and whom he immortalized in his...

After the death of his parents, Anton pursues a career at the Schröter trading house in Breslau. He meets Sabine, the boss's sister, befriends...

A foal runs away from its native pasture, falls into a swamp and is rescued by the circus dancer Arabella. The stud owner, a young gentleman rider,...

Here Richter plays an Armenian princess whose father is being held prisoner by a despotic and corrupt pasha. A confrontation at the New Year’s Eve...

Deviating from the historical facts, Lola is introduced as a young Spanish “Gypsy” who becomes involuntarily embroiled in an attempt to poison...

The life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed.

In Cairo, a quest for a coveted antiquity draws the heroine into a clandestine cult devoted to Osiris. What begins as intrigue turns...

The head of a squad of maids captures the heart of a wealthy young bachelor.

The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.

August Pipin is a very reliable and loyal cashier who is always level-headed, no matter which trouble faces him. One day that suddenly changes and a...

An inventor works on coming up with a radio-television device, but can't get it to work properly. A slick con artist sees a chance to fleece gullible...

Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is...

When Ilona visits her married friend Otti, she is just delighted to discover that the man she likes is not other than Otti's brother-in-law, Paul. As...

A military comedy in which Annemarie is the center of attention.

A town's business begins to suffer, when a military outfit is confined to quarters for three weeks because they have been harassing the local women.

A man swallows a diamond - and suddenly all people around him change their attitude towards him.

The plot centers on Ignaz Fischbein, a bullied employee at Strohbach's fashion house, who encounters misfortune at a fairground where he quarrels...

Errant Husbands (German: Kyritz - Pyritz) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring Max Adalbert, Hansi Arnstaedt and...

Circus themed films usually provides a thrilling drama. The relatively obscure "Schatten der Manege" provides just what you'd expect. Doing the...

First of several filmed versions of a popular period operetta, in which an early 18th century noblewoman in Poland falls in love with a revolutionary...

Different kinds of Berliners, the well to do along with the ordinary shopkeepers, enjoy their weekends in the city's suburban garden colonies.

Gentlemen Among Themselves (German: Die fidele Herrenpartie or Herren unter sich) is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein...

Seven episodes tell the story of the exciting life of legendary charmer Casanova.

A cobbler dreams that he is a prince, in this takeoff on an Arabian Nights style romance.

Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.

Wilhelm Dieterle’s strong and manly art and Marcella Albani’s suave charm intermingle here in a splendid natural setting, to depict a drama where...

Alexander Bessel is a young man in a failing marriage. His wife cheats on him, and so the outbreak of WW1 comes in handy for a change. When a young...

A cabaret singer in Germany is in love with a young American boy, and must convince his disapproving father that she is worthy of his son.

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

The clerk of Nuremberg wants to use his position to marry the young Evchen, but she does not love him and to avoid this marriage she asks the village...

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

The film follows the comic (mis)adventures of a poor street musician, who is roped into posing as an eccentric nobleman. He and his antics are...

A spirited young countess defies social conventions by climbing trees and dancing with peasant children. During a countryside outing, she meets a...

A gentleman trades place with a notorious gangster who's his dead ringer to prevent an evil baron to marry his fiancée.

Heinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.

Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her...

An adaptation of the famous fairy tale.

Thanks to the treasure of the Queen of Sheba, Maud, who now calls herself Fergusson, has become an immensely wealthy woman. The plane that rescued...

A spectacular action-adventure travelogue with stages in Genoa, Suez, Colombo, Singapore, Canton, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York and...

The neglected young wife of a workaholic businessman looks for love.

One day professor Jonathan (Herman Picha) found creatures on Mars through a telescope. He flied to Mars with his assistant Peter Homnclus (G....

Billionaire's daughter Ethel Vandergolt has rejected so many lovers that they set up a club to get revenge on her.

Silent version of a story later remade in French and German as Baby: A count's daughter wants a stage career, her show girl friend wants an...

A German NotoFilm system song film with a full score at the bottom of the screen only visible to live performers and musical accompaniment, allowing...

Stuart Webbs investigates a coin counterfeiting gang.

The plot centers on Ignaz Fischbein, a bullied employee at Strohbach's fashion house, who encounters misfortune at a fairground where he quarrels...

Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is...