Otto Gebühr

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect...

The wealthy man Tobias Knopp becomes ever more lonely and quirky over the years. He had let himself go, his girth increased significantly, and his...

After the end of World War II Lüder Lüdersen, the former owner of a feudal estate in the East, and his daughter Helga arrive as refugees in the...

The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in...

King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't...

A woman between two men. Horror melodrama.

A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of...

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

A doctor marries his seemingly incurable patient to fulfill her last wish. A serum he develops saves her, and the union born of compassion develops...

A man and a woman struggle to stifle their love for each other, even after he moves away to travel the world and she marries a suitor.

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near...

The last part of Fridericus Rex's main focus is entirely on the battle after years of conflict with Austria, which allied itself with France and...

An operetta directed by Herbert Maisch.

Young Olga Ahrendt almost succeeded in attempting suicide. She had thrown herself in front of a tram out of desperation about her miserable life, a...

Hans Albers plays returning war veteran Hans Richter who has trouble finding work. With nowhere else to turn, Richter gets involved with black market...

A woman marries a rich landowner, by request of her parents, instead of her lover who's child she's expecting. After a couple of years, the father of...

Life, love, and the extensively depicted affairs of the dancer Barbara Campanini.

Three men are planning a balloon ascent into the stratosphere. During the balloon flight, complications arise, the balloon is driven out to sea and...

A mediocre conductor unscrupulously steals his friend's—a piano teacher's—wife. At first, the piano teacher wants to shoot his rival, but then,...

In the second part of the drama, the wounded Jürgen hears about the happy years his father Michael spent with his wife Bim at the "Fohlenhof." He...

On a mountain lake, in the picturesque Alps in the Salzburg region, the old, rich grumble has retired to his country house and actually only wants to...

Brandenburg an der Havel, 2nd half of the 19th Century: the barber Fritz Bollmann is running his old-fashion barbershop and is well known, while...

The short story focuses on two anecdotal episodes about the Prussian King Frederick II. In the first episode, the monarch meets an invalid. In the...

Prussian King Frederick II was keen to hire the dancer Barberina, who had already enjoyed great success in Italy and England, for the Berlin opera...

Women are being sent to an all male settlement. The marriages are planned in advance, but not everything goes according to plan.

Nixi has a vivid imagination and she makes extensive use of it. After parting from her longtime fiancée after an argument, she tells her father,...

The exploits of a young German youth during World War II in Argentina.

An interfering mother plans husbands for her three daughters as they come of marriageable age. However she pays no attention to her daughters own...

Jeff Elliot is an American GI investigating a black market gang in Munich.

The actor Ralph Gregor plays "Casanova" on the stage and everyone expects, that he also lives out the role in real life. Johanna Brinkmann, known as...

A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite...

A university professor is horrified to discover that he snores terribly, tormenting his wife every night. Secretly, he decides to undergo a not...

While on tour somewhere in Italy, a famous German pop singer loses his voice. All tickets for the concerts have long been sold out. Someone from the...

Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.

Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.

This presentation of 'Waterloo', a film by Karl Grune about the last hurrah of Napoleon, is a fascinating companion to the Abel Gance epic...

a silent movie

A young man races to save his son's life, but death – incarnated in the child's imagination as the titular Erl King – calls unceasingly.

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

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

Art dealer Thormann asks for the hand of his beautiful secretary Nora, but Nora loves Captain Hans Westhoff. But while Westhoff is hiding in Italy to...

For many years, Ulrich, the hereditary forester, and Steinbach, the landowner, were the best of friends. But one day, this friendship is put to a...

Acrobat assumes identity of jailed fellow-artist to take over a theatre which had been bequeathed to him. He is suspected of murdering the acrobat...

Film by Carl Boese.

Alternate-language version of Le roi des aulnes (1931)

The underage daughter of a degenerate couple living on Berlin’s Ackerstraße flees her parents’ apartment because she is subjected to ongoing...

Cheston, a millionaire, is looking after Maud, a beautiful woman from the 'demimonde'. Her brother, Brilburn, forces her to ask her rich admirer for...

The nine-year-old orphan Therese has recently moved in with a family of gardeners. She continues to take loving care of her former foster mother,...

German silent movie, original title unknown, English title and cast/crew are based on Soviet poster. The German title might differ (help needed)

A film about men's friendship and the complications of love: Karl and Peter are close buddies since they were pilots in defense of German cities...