Screenplay: Georg C. Klaren

Direction Douglas Sirk

Cast Heinrich George · Maria Krahn · Horst Teetzmann · Albrecht Schönhals

Plot Henrik Ibsen's 1877 play Samfundets Stotter (Pillars of Society) was the source for this German drama. The plot centers upon a flagrant case of municipal corruption, carried out by the...

Direction William Dieterle

Cast William Dieterle · Gunnar Tolnaes · Mary Johnson · Paul Henckels

Plot A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate and upon his release his wife is...

Direction Conrad Wiene

Cast Lil Dagover · Harry Frank · Otto Hartmann · Vera Schmiterlöw

Plot "The fate of a beautiful woman" tells a story of Erika Dankwarth that reflects herself in a multitude of men.

Direction Georg C. Klaren

Cast Max Eckard · Kurt Meisel · Helga Zülch · Paul Henckels

Plot The body of Franz Wozzeck lies on a table in an anatomy lecture of a small German university. Whereas the doctor in charge of dissecting the cadaver can only see...

Direction Hans Behrendt

Cast Brigitte Helm · André Luguet · André Roanne · Jean Gabin

Direction Gustaf Gründgens

Cast Marianne Hoppe · Karl Ludwig Diehl · Paul Hartmann · Max Gülstorff

Direction Richard Oswald

Cast Carlyle Blackwell · Alexander Murski · Livio Pavanelli · Betty Bird

Direction Guido Brignone

Cast Beniamino Gigli · Emma Gramatica · Carola Höhn · Friedrich Benfer

Plot Matilde Sarni lives in her villa near Rome. She has a son who has just married Donata and who is coming home after a series of recitals in the States....

Direction Jürgen von Alten

Cast Heinrich George · Ida Wüst · Rotraut Richter · Sabine Peters

Direction Richard Oswald

Cast Hans Stüwe · Renée Héribel · Alfred Abel · Ivan Koval-Samborsky

Plot Graf Cagliostro was the official title of this far-from-accurate biopic. According to the official records, 17th-century Italian mesmerist Cagliostro was a charlatan and a thief -- and, indeed, was interpreted...

Direction Lupu Pick

Cast Lilian Harvey · Ivy Duke · Robin Irvine · Bernard Nedell

Direction Joe May · Gennaro Righelli

Cast Gaston Jacquet · Adolphe Engers · Alexandra Nalder · Alphons Schünemann

Plot The son of a Countess runs away to join the circus and becomes a great trapeze artist. He returns years later and falls in love with a young woman.

Direction Hans Behrendt

Cast Gustav Fröhlich · Brigitte Helm · Rolf Drucker · Fritz Kampers

Direction Christian-Jaque

Cast Simone Renant · Jean Marais · Paul Bernard · Jean Brochard