Cinematography: Willy Hameister

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Willy Hameister. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920 · Movie · 77 min. · Germany

Direction Robert Wiene

Cast Werner Krauss · Conrad Veidt · Friedrich Feher · Lil Dagover

Synopsis Caligari appears in the town with his marvel Cesare the Somnambulist, a man who has been asleep for 23 years and is now under Caligari’s hypnotic control. Caligari claims that Cesare can predict the future. The arrogant young Alan rises...

8.1

19K votes

8.1

19K votes

Backstairs

1921 · Movie · 60 min. · Germany

Direction Leopold Jessner · Paul Leni

Cast Henny Porten · William Dieterle · Fritz Kortner · Eugene Dieterle

Synopsis A crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in the same building he does in one of the city's poor neighborhoods. She, however, is in love with a wealthy, handsome young man. Desperate to win her love,...

6.6

56 votes

6.6

56 votes

5.1

36 votes

Direction Urban Gad

Cast Conrad Veidt · Rose Müller · Werner Krauss · Esther Hagan

Synopsis Wealthy heir Christian Wahnschaffe decides to give up his fortune and dedicate his life to the poor.

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The Plague in Florence

1919 · Movie · 92 min. · Germany

Direction Otto Rippert

Cast Theodor Becker · Karl Bernhard · Julietta Brandt · Erner Huebsch

Synopsis Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then...

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Csardas: Her Wildest Night

1935 · Movie · 84 min. · Austria

Direction Jacob Fleck · Luise Fleck · Walter Kolm-Veltée

Cast Max Hansen · Irén Zilahy · Tibor Halmay · Hans Olden

Synopsis A woman, Dolly, talks her husband, Dr Helwing, into taking her out. What’s more, to escape conjugal ennui, he is supposed to act as if he does not know her. As the couple visit a series of colourful establishments, the...

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Peter the Great

1922 · Movie · 74 min. · Germany

Direction Dimitri Buchowetzki

Cast Emil Jannings · Dagny Servaes · Bernhard Goetzke · Cordy Millowitsch

Synopsis Peter the Great, on becoming czar of Russia, using his knowledge of shipbuilding gained in a foreign country to establish a navy, and to be able to use the navy, provokes a war with Sweden, defeating that country at the...

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