Soundtrack: Hugo Riesenfeld

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Hugo Riesenfeld. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


Sunrise

1927 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast George O'Brien · Janet Gaynor · Margaret Livingston · Bodil Rosing

Plot A farmer (George O' Brien) lives happily with his wife (Janet Gaynor) until he meets an attractive woman from the city (Margaret Livingstone). The farmer falls in love with this...

8.4

14K votes

8.4

14K votes

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Matahi · Anne Chevalier · Bill Bambridge · Hitu

Plot In one island of Bora Bora lagoon, a young fisherman, Matahi, is in love with Reri. But she is chosen to be the holy maid and therefore becomes "tabu". They...

7.8

2K votes

7.8

2K votes

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Wallace Worsley

Cast Lon Chaney · Patsy Ruth Miller · Ernest Torrence · Raymond Hatton

Plot Clopin bought Esmeralda from the gypsies when she was young. Dancing in the square at the festival, Esmeralda is spotted by Jehan, the evil brother of the good archdeacon. When...

6.8

968 votes

6.8

968 votes

Hell's Angels

1930 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hughes

Cast Ben Lyon · James Hall · Jean Harlow · John Darrow

Plot Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Roy and Monte Rutledge have very different personalities. Monte is a freewheeling womanizer, even with his...

6.6

266 votes

6.6

266 votes

Der letzte Mann - Das Making of

2003 · Documentary · 41 min. · Germany

Direction Luciano Berriatúa

6.6

58 votes

6.6

58 votes

Eternal Love

1929 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast John Barrymore · Camilla Horn · Victor Varconi · Hobart Bosworth

Plot Ciglia (Camilla Horn) is a young woman living in a tiny village in the Swiss Alps. Her village has been occupied by the French, and all of the villagers have...

6.6

245 votes

6.6

245 votes

Tempest

1928 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Sam Taylor

Cast John Barrymore · Camilla Horn · Viktor Tourjansky · Lewis Milestone

Plot In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls...

6.4

61 votes

6.4

61 votes

Humoresque

1920 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Gaston Glass · Vera Gordon · Alma Rubens · Dore Davidson

Plot Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player....

6.3

21 votes

6.3

21 votes

Raffles

1930 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction George Fitzmaurice

Cast Ronald Colman · Kay Francis · Bramwell Fletcher · Frances Dade

Plot A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he...

6.0

22 votes

6.0

22 votes

The Taming of the Shrew

1929 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Sam Taylor

Cast Mary Pickford · Douglas Fairbanks · Edwin Maxwell · Joseph Cawthorne

Plot In sixteenth century Padua, Hortensio loves Bianca, the youngest daughter of Baptista. But Baptista will not allow the two to get married until his eldest daughter, the extremely headstrong Katherine,...

5.6

74 votes

5.6

74 votes

Tarzan’s Revenge

1938 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction D. Ross Lederman

Cast Glenn Morris · Eleanor Holm · George Barbier · C. Henry Gordon

Plot Tarzan fights to keep a young woman out of trouble as she accompanies her parents and cowardly fiancé on a trek through the dangerous African jungle. Eleanor Reed's father is...

4.8

175 votes

4.8

175 votes

The Wanderer

1925 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

The Godless Girl

1929 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Lina Basquette · Tom Keene · Marie Prevost · Noah Beery

Plot High school students led by the Girl and Boy turn from Christianity toward secret atheistic meetings. When a girl is accidentally killed by a stairway collapse, the Girl and Boy...

Not rated

Not rated

Be Yourself!

1930 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Thornton Freeland

Cast Fannie Brice · Robert Armstrong · Harry Green · Pat Collins

Plot In the nightclub where entertainer Fannie Field sings, two rivals for her favors, Jerry Moore and Mac McCloskey, come to blows before either realizes the other is a boxer. Jerry...

Not rated

Not rated

The Woman Disputed

1928 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Henry King · Sam Taylor

Cast Norma Talmadge · Gilbert Roland · Arnold Kent · Boris de Fast

Plot An adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.

Not rated

Not rated

The President Vanishes

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Edward Arnold · Arthur Byron · Paul Kelly · Peggy Conklin

Plot The film concerns the mysterious disappearance of the President of the United States, who was facing a serious political crisis, perhaps even impeachment, over his handling of a foreign situation,...

Not rated

Not rated

Sins of the Fathers

1928 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Ludwig Berger

Cast Emil Jannings · Ruth Chatterton · Barry Norton · Jean Arthur

Plot A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another...

Not rated

Not rated

Two Lovers

1928 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

Not rated

Bella Donna

1923 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated