1920

The Golem: How He Came into the World

7/198

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.

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The Golem: How He Came into the World

1921

Die Geierwally

5/2

"The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter, from a dangerous situation in a vulture's nest. He then calls her "Geierwally". They fall in love. Wally's father disapproves of this romance. He has other plans for Wally.

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Die Geierwally

1929

Asphalt

7/44

One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love story set in the traffic-strewn Berlin of the late 1920s. Starring the delectable Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Asphalt is a luxuriously produced UFA classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of traffic.

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Asphalt

1929

Fräulein Else

6/6

While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.

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Fräulein Else

1924

Helen of Troy

6/5

Helena is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Edy Darclea, Vladimir Gajdarov and Albert Steinrück. The film was based on the poem the Iliad by Homer. It was released in two separate parts: The Rape of Helen and The Fall of Troy. It was produced by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in Munich. The film was made on an epic scale with thousands of extras, and large sets which rivalled those of the larger Berlin-based UFA.

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Helen of Troy

1927

At the Edge of the World

6/6

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

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At the Edge of the World

1927

Brennende Grenze

5/1

The story of Brennende Grenze (= Burning Border) starts after the end of WWI. Polish franctireurs invade the German bordering regions which are to be given to Poland as agreed on in the post-war peace treaties. Luise von Willkühnen's manor is invaded by Ladislaus von Zeremski, his lover Nadja and their gang. They treaten the inhabitants until Luise's son kills Zeremski.

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Brennende Grenze

1922

Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang

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Directed by Arzén von Cserépy.

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Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang

1923

The Treasure

6/8

On the surface a straightforward tale of the search for a buried treasure, the film is a textbook example of German expressionism, with the passions of the protagonists conveyed as much through symbolism as action.

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The Treasure

1922

The Circle of Death

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This anti-communist propaganda film discusses the revolutionary curse of communism in the Soviet-Union shortly before and after the fall of czardom in Russia, told from the point of view of Belarusians in exile. Anti-communist copy in color which has been discovered, restored and printed by the Royal Belgian Filmarchive.

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The Circle of Death

1921

Mad Love

7/5

Richard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A friend takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets him, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas to be institutionalised. Sappho genuinely falls in love with Richard, and decides to leave her vampy ways and her older lover behind her so that she can have him.

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Mad Love

1924

The House by the Sea

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The proprietors of a small inn on the Italian coast suddenly have to cater for a company of conscripts on their way to a nearby port. One of the sergeants recognizes Resa as a former "camp-follower". When her husband hears of this he becomes insanely jealous and decides to join the company.

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The House by the Sea

1920

Anna Boleyn

7/23

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

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Anna Boleyn

1927

Children's Souls Accuse You

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Children's Souls Accuse You is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Albert Steinrück, Nathalie Lissenko and Walter Rilla. It was made with an anti-abortion theme.

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Children's Souls Accuse You

1929

The Crimson Circle

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Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

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The Crimson Circle

1927

Leichte Kavallerie

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Leichte Kavallerie

1921

Die Nacht ohne Morgen

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Die Nacht ohne Morgen

1924

Mädchen, die man nicht heiratet

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Mädchen, die man nicht heiratet

1927

Girls for Sale!

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White slavers lure young girls to Rio de Janeiro by promising them jobs as showgirls and nightclub singers, then force them into prostitution.

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Girls for Sale!

1927

Die Sporck'schen Jäger

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Die Sporck'schen Jäger

1928

Herbstzeit am Rhein

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Herbstzeit am Rhein

1922

Monna Vanna

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Monna Vanna

1928

His Majesty the Barber

7/1

A handsome barber in Sweden doesn't know he's actually the Crown Prince of a Balkan kingdom in this charming Swedish-German comedy that effortlessly weaves together multiple Ruritanian tropes.

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His Majesty the Barber

1929

Das letzte Fort

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Das letzte Fort

1928

Die Sandgräfin

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Die Sandgräfin

1927

Das Mädchen aus der Fremde

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Das Mädchen aus der Fremde

1927

Die Vorbestraften

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Die Vorbestraften

1927

Venus in Evening Wear

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Venus in Evening Wear

1925

In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine

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In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine

1921

Schieber

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Schieber

1925

Reveille, das große Wecken

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Reveille, das große Wecken

1924

Slaves of Love

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Slaves of Love

1924

Die Tragödie der Entehrten

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Die Tragödie der Entehrten

1926

Superfluous People

5/1

Directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj.

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Superfluous People

1923

The Merchant of Venice

5/3

The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare. It is an elegant and expensive German film production that was shot on location in beautiful and decadent Venice with some of the most important Teutonic actors of the time: Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke und Werner Krauss and even the mysterious Max Schreck.

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The Merchant of Venice

1925

Das goldene Kalb

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Das goldene Kalb

1925

Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand

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Adaptation of Goethe's historical play "Götz von Berlichingen and the Iron Hand", set in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand

1928

Schinderhannes

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Schinderhannes

1927

Lützow's Wild Hunt

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Film by Richard Oswald.

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Lützow's Wild Hunt

1920

The Mayor of Zalamea

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The Mayor of Zalamea

1921

Die Geschichte von Barak Johnson

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Die Geschichte von Barak Johnson

1920

Das Milliardentestament

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Das Milliardentestament

1926

Die drei Kuckucksuhren

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Lord Ernest Clifton lives with his beautiful wife, Gladys, at Easton Lodge. He has lost immense wealth in the lap of his uncle's death. One day Lord Clifton receives a mysterious package with an even more mysterious letter from his uncle. Three cuckoo clocks that strike only once a month should show him the way to find the second part of the pot of gold buried somewhere. Ernest's thirst for adventure only awakens and waits for the first cuckoo clock to mark the room number of a hotel in Cairo, where the second cuckoo clock hangs.

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Die drei Kuckucksuhren

1922

Fridericus Rex - 2. Teil: Vater und Sohn

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1925

Hedda Gabler

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Silent adaptation of the famous play by Henrik Ibsen. This film is believed to be lost.

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Hedda Gabler

1926

The House of Lies

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Adaptation of Ibsen's play Vildanden.

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The House of Lies

1929

The Tsarevich

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Based on the play and subsequent operetta of the same name.

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The Tsarevich

1921

Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft

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Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft

1920

Das Mädchen aus der Ackerstraße. 1. Teil

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Das Mädchen aus der Ackerstraße. 1. Teil

1919

Die sterbende Salome

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Die sterbende Salome

1922

Das Blut

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Das Blut

1910

Japanese Sacrifice

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A friend sacrifices himself, taking the blame for a murder upon himself. A guilty conscience will end up killing the real culprit.

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Japanese Sacrifice

1921

Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland

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Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland

1923

Der Wetterwart

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Der Wetterwart

1923

The Red Rider

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A couple, Hasia and Otto, are brought together by their loss of wealth and status as the imperial era ends, but torn apart by an unusual offer from a wealthy man. The man wishes Otto to marry his daughter, as Otto bares a striking resemblance to his daughter's fiancee who was killed in WWI. In exchange, Otto will want for nothing.

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The Red Rider

1924

Decameron Nights

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

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Decameron Nights

1920

Die Geschlossene Kette

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The Closed Chain (German: Die geschlossene Kette) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Carl Ebert.

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Die Geschlossene Kette

1926

Zopf und Schwert

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Zopf und Schwert

1921

Exzellenz Unterrock

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Exzellenz Unterrock

1921

Brennendes Land

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Brennendes Land

1920

Catherine the Great

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The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.

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Catherine the Great

1913

Der Volkstyrann

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Der Volkstyrann

1919

Prince Keo. The Robbery of the Mummy

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German horror movie from 1919.

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