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M (1931)

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 heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Peter Lorre  •  Ellen Widmann  •  Inge Landgut  •  Otto Wernicke

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 heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Peter Lorre  •  Ellen Widmann  •  Inge Landgut  •  Otto Wernicke

Destiny (1921)

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 woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Lil Dagover  •  Walter Janssen  •  Bernhard Goetzke  •  Hans Sternberg

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 woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Lil Dagover  •  Walter Janssen  •  Bernhard Goetzke  •  Hans Sternberg

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)

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 take the life of the man responsible of her disgrace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Margarete Schön  •  Gertrud Arnold  •  Theodor Loos  •  Hans Carl Mueller

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 take the life of the man responsible of her disgrace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Margarete Schön  •  Gertrud Arnold  •  Theodor Loos  •  Hans Carl Mueller

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)

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 beautiful Kriemhild.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Paul Richter  •  Theodor Loos  •  Margarete Schön  •  Gertrud Arnold

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 beautiful Kriemhild.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Paul Richter  •  Theodor Loos  •  Margarete Schön  •  Gertrud Arnold

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Rudolf Klein-Rogge  •  Aud Egede-Nissen  •  Gertrude Welcker  •  Alfred Abel

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Rudolf Klein-Rogge  •  Aud Egede-Nissen  •  Gertrude Welcker  •  Alfred Abel

Metropolis (1927)

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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 savior to mediate their differences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Fritz Alberti  •  Gustav Fröhlich  •  Brigitte Helm  •  Rudolf Klein-Rogge

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 savior to mediate their differences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Fritz Alberti  •  Gustav Fröhlich  •  Brigitte Helm  •  Rudolf Klein-Rogge

The Last Laugh (1924)

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious Hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. W. Murnau
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Maly Delschaft  •  Max Hiller  •  Hans Unterkircher

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious Hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. W. Murnau
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Maly Delschaft  •  Max Hiller  •  Hans Unterkircher

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Rudolf Klein-Rogge  •  Oscar Beregi Sr.  •  Paul Bernd  •  Henry Pleß

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Rudolf Klein-Rogge  •  Oscar Beregi Sr.  •  Paul Bernd  •  Henry Pleß

Waxworks (1924)

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leni  •  Leo Birinski
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Conrad Veidt  •  William Dieterle  •  Werner Krauß

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leni  •  Leo Birinski
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Conrad Veidt  •  William Dieterle  •  Werner Krauß

Volga in Flames (1934)

Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be stationed. He comes across a man who has lost his way in the blizzard and takes him to the safety of an inn. Arriving at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Tourjansky
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Valéry Inkijinoff  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Raymond Rouleau

Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be stationed. He comes across a man who has lost his way in the blizzard and takes him to the safety of an inn. Arriving at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Tourjansky
CAST:  Albert Préjean  •  Valéry Inkijinoff  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Raymond Rouleau

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)

F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Hartl
CAST:  Hans Albers  •  Sybille Schmitz  •  Paul Hartmann  •  Peter Lorre

F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Hartl
CAST:  Hans Albers  •  Sybille Schmitz  •  Paul Hartmann  •  Peter Lorre

The Spiders - The Diamond Ship (1920)

When last we saw Kay Hoog (millionaire adventurer, courageous hunk), he’d been beset with tragedy. Having escaped an ancient Incan city by the skin of his gleaming teeth, Hoog looked forward to a few years of settled life with his (amicably) captured Incan lovely, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Carl de Vogt  •  Ressel Orla  •  Georg John  •  Friedrich Kühne

When last we saw Kay Hoog (millionaire adventurer, courageous hunk), he’d been beset with tragedy. Having escaped an ancient Incan city by the skin of his gleaming teeth, Hoog looked forward to a few years of settled life with his (amicably) captured Incan lovely, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Carl de Vogt  •  Ressel Orla  •  Georg John  •  Friedrich Kühne

Decameron Nights (1924)

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Ivy Duke  •  Werner Krauß  •  Bernhard Goetzke

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Ivy Duke  •  Werner Krauß  •  Bernhard Goetzke

At the Edge of the World (1927)

A mill situated on the border between two unnamed countries and the residents therein become pawns in a future war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Grune
CAST:  Albert Steinrück  •  William Dieterle  •  Brigitte Helm  •  Max Schreck

A mill situated on the border between two unnamed countries and the residents therein become pawns in a future war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Grune
CAST:  Albert Steinrück  •  William Dieterle  •  Brigitte Helm  •  Max Schreck

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DIRECTION:  Rudolf Meinert
CAST:  Diana Karenne  •  Lia Eibenschütz  •  Olga Limburg  •  Eugen Burg

Tod über Shanghai (1932)

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DIRECTION:  Rolf Randolf
CAST:  Gerda Maurus  •  Else Elster  •  Theodor Loos  •  Ernst Pröckl

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DIRECTION:  Rolf Randolf
CAST:  Gerda Maurus  •  Else Elster  •  Theodor Loos  •  Ernst Pröckl

Hilde Warren and Death (1917)

Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe May
CAST:  Mia May  •  Georg John  •  Hans Mierendorff  •  Bruno Kastner

Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe May
CAST:  Mia May  •  Georg John  •  Hans Mierendorff  •  Bruno Kastner

The Spiders - The Golden Sea (1919)

In San Francisco, well-known sportsman Kay Hoog announces to a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map drawn by a Harvard professor who has gone missing. The map tells of a lost Incan civilization that possesses an immense treasure. Hoog immediately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Carl de Vogt  •  Ressel Orla  •  Georg John  •  Lil Dagover

In San Francisco, well-known sportsman Kay Hoog announces to a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map drawn by a Harvard professor who has gone missing. The map tells of a lost Incan civilization that possesses an immense treasure. Hoog immediately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Carl de Vogt  •  Ressel Orla  •  Georg John  •  Lil Dagover

Emerald of Death (1919)

A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. W. Murnau
CAST:  Ernst Hofmann  •  Blandine Ebinger  •  Margit Barnay  •  Karl Platen

A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. W. Murnau
CAST:  Ernst Hofmann  •  Blandine Ebinger  •  Margit Barnay  •  Karl Platen
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