Heinrich Gotho

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

Woman in the Moon (1929)

A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Willy Fritsch  •  Gerda Maurus  •  Klaus Pohl  •  Fritz Rasp

A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Willy Fritsch  •  Gerda Maurus  •  Klaus Pohl  •  Fritz Rasp

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 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

Mary (1931)

A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of "Murder."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Alfred Abel  •  Olga Tschechowa  •  Paul Graetz  •  Lotte Stein

A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of "Murder."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Alfred Abel  •  Olga Tschechowa  •  Paul Graetz  •  Lotte Stein

The Saint and Her Fool (1928)

Agnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold hundreds of thousands of copies before being adapted into this tale of timeless passion, the beautiful The Saint and the Fool. The unapologetically sentimental classic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  William Dieterle  •  Lien Deyers  •  Gina Manès  •  Sophie Pagay

Agnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold hundreds of thousands of copies before being adapted into this tale of timeless passion, the beautiful The Saint and the Fool. The unapologetically sentimental classic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  William Dieterle  •  Lien Deyers  •  Gina Manès  •  Sophie Pagay

The Ship of Lost Men (1929)

A young doctor gets stuck on a ship after treating an injured first mate. Later, he rescues a woman from plane wreckage, and with the help of the cook, he hides her away from the rowdy and dangerous crew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Fritz Kortner  •  Robin Irvine  •  Vladimir Sokoloff

A young doctor gets stuck on a ship after treating an injured first mate. Later, he rescues a woman from plane wreckage, and with the help of the cook, he hides her away from the rowdy and dangerous crew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Tourneur
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Fritz Kortner  •  Robin Irvine  •  Vladimir Sokoloff

Accident (1928)

A tense vignette about the fate of an unlucky man in poverty-stricken Weimar-era Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernö Metzner
CAST:  Heinrich Gotho  •  Eva Schmid-Kayser  •  Sybille Schmitz  •  Alfred Loretto

A tense vignette about the fate of an unlucky man in poverty-stricken Weimar-era Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernö Metzner
CAST:  Heinrich Gotho  •  Eva Schmid-Kayser  •  Sybille Schmitz  •  Alfred Loretto

Laughing Heirs (1933)

After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he will inherit the business, but ‘for reasons of moral rectitude’ he has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Lien Deyers  •  Heinz Rühmann  •  Ida Wüst  •  Max Adalbert

After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he will inherit the business, but ‘for reasons of moral rectitude’ he has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Lien Deyers  •  Heinz Rühmann  •  Ida Wüst  •  Max Adalbert

Warning Shadows (1923)

During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Robison
CAST:  Alexander Granach  •  Fritz Kortner  •  Ruth Weyher  •  Gustav von Wangenheim

During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Robison
CAST:  Alexander Granach  •  Fritz Kortner  •  Ruth Weyher  •  Gustav von Wangenheim

The Tower of Silence (1925)

Eva lives in the sinister Tower with her father, a mad inventor, and her grandfather. The aviator Wilfred Durian and his lovely wife live nearby in the town. But Durian's famous flight across the Australian desert was not all it seems... and when his 'dead' partner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johannes Guter
CAST:  Xenia Desni  •  Nigel Barrie  •  Hanna Ralph  •  Fritz Delius

Eva lives in the sinister Tower with her father, a mad inventor, and her grandfather. The aviator Wilfred Durian and his lovely wife live nearby in the town. But Durian's famous flight across the Australian desert was not all it seems... and when his 'dead' partner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johannes Guter
CAST:  Xenia Desni  •  Nigel Barrie  •  Hanna Ralph  •  Fritz Delius

When Hearts Meet (1932)

The cousin of an ugly duckling, during a search for missing documents, brings out her hidden charm and falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erich Engels
CAST:  Johannes Riemann  •  Charlotte Ander  •  Julius Falkenstein  •  Karl Etlinger

The cousin of an ugly duckling, during a search for missing documents, brings out her hidden charm and falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erich Engels
CAST:  Johannes Riemann  •  Charlotte Ander  •  Julius Falkenstein  •  Karl Etlinger

The forest girl (1931)

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DIRECTION:  Frederic Zelnik
CAST:  Irene Eisinger  •  Paul Richter  •  Oskar Karlweis  •  Tibor von Halmay

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DIRECTION:  Frederic Zelnik
CAST:  Irene Eisinger  •  Paul Richter  •  Oskar Karlweis  •  Tibor von Halmay

Moral (1928)

When a travelling troupe threatens to unleash a saucy Berlin revue on the provincial town of Emilsburg, the local Morality Society, a band of sanctimonious middle-aged men, stages a protest. Meanwhile, the reigning monarch is concerned that his son and heir is not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willi Wolff
CAST:  Ellen Richter  •  Ralph Arthur Roberts  •  Jakob Tiedtke  •  Julius Falkenstein

When a travelling troupe threatens to unleash a saucy Berlin revue on the provincial town of Emilsburg, the local Morality Society, a band of sanctimonious middle-aged men, stages a protest. Meanwhile, the reigning monarch is concerned that his son and heir is not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willi Wolff
CAST:  Ellen Richter  •  Ralph Arthur Roberts  •  Jakob Tiedtke  •  Julius Falkenstein

The girl from USA (1930)

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DIRECTION:  Karel Lamač
CAST:  Anny Ondra  •  Bruno Ziener  •  Margarete Kupfer  •  Alice Hechy

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DIRECTION:  Karel Lamač
CAST:  Anny Ondra  •  Bruno Ziener  •  Margarete Kupfer  •  Alice Hechy