God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

In a circus, visitor who has just fallen for the “gypsy” dancer Militza is stabbed by a jealous clown, Bajazzo. Militza escapes to the country...

A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.

Set in the early part of 20th century Europe. There lived a dancer who becomes the romantic bone of contention between a humble shepherd and an...

Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately...

In Vienna of 1913 a young woman coming from vaudeville theatre circles stands before the wedding with a construction draftsman; this must move to the...

After a chance meeting at a train station, Henry and Stascha, unhappy with their circumstances, are determined to leave and be together.

After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his...

Promotional film for War loans and bonds. Mother Froehlich sells her clock and send the money to her son fighting in war. Then they get attacked and...

An innkeeper in sheer despair murders a passing by musician and steals his money in order to buy medicine for his dying wife. Eventually, he falls...

The House on the Moon

A 1920 German costume drama from the days of Napoleon Bonaparte directed by Arthur Teuber and starring Carl Auen as Johann Baptiste Lingg.

One of the first movies made about the fairy tale Cinderella. The film is part of the current German expressionism. Because of that the film ends up...

Harry Peltzer, who is passionate about his job as a firefighter, and his superior, fire chief Paul Körner, are the best of friends. This changes the...

Professional dancer Diotima finds herself the apex of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his older friend.

A lady-in-waiting is to become the companion of a young lady at the splendid estate Amönenhof.

It was not just the children who were treated badly by the wealthy Weimar republic. Robert Kramer is released from prison but struggles to adjust to...

A man must choose between his mother and his wife as the rivalry ratchets up throughout New Year's Eve. Like Pick's previous films, New Year's Eve...

A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.

A German drama

A young woman doesn't want to get married, but simply live together with the man she loves. This leads to problems when the man dies and she's left...

A cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60,000 Marks and leaves...

a silent movie by Heinz Paul

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

A movie about road safety education.

Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him...

Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in...

Katharina Knie is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Carmen Boni and Adele Sandrock. It is based on...

Klara and her father have been alone since her mother died. Her close friend Hans leaves for the military, and on returning as a fine young man,...

Anna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Living on the bank of the Moldau, she wishes nothing more than follow the river to Prague,...

Silent film fragment

1933 German film.

Actually, Erika and Werner wanted to take a pleasant boat trip on the Isar. But who would have thought what could happen during such a simple...

The relationship between Franziska and her partner Michael, a globetrotting photojournalist, remains strained due to their constant separation, until...

A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to...

An old count has been keeping an eye on the granddaughter of his lock-keeper for quite some time. But the young Maria is in love with the young...

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...

Weltbrand is the first part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.

Äls, a young woman from Sweden living in Hamburg in the summer months attracts a newly married explorer, Albrecht Froben who has just returned to...

The story is about Conrad Veidt as military attache in Turkey where he learns to know an English consul (Heinrich George) and his attractive wife who...

A love story between a simple peasant girl (Holt) and a dashing young officer (Sym), who however doesn't see more in her than a temporary affair.

A story of the romance of Maria Baschkirtzeff and Guy de Maupassant beginning with their first meeting leading to other meetings and the development...

In 1910, the landlord's daughter Agnes from the Steiermark gets to know the diplomat Hans. They have a short love affair and then part from one...

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon completion of the picture, the men of...

A young composer and inventor meets a poverty stricken singer.

Film by Carl Boese.

An old count has been keeping an eye on the granddaughter of his lock-keeper for quite some time. But the young Maria is in love with the young...

Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the...

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

Based on the play of the same name by Frank Wedekind.

Fany, an up and coming dancer, is saved by a sculptor during a theatre fire. The two bond, distressing Fany's fiancee.

A production company holds a public competition for film ideas. The winning letter tells of a young woman's lost love in the 1840's. It is, in fact,...

A beautiful and popular young woman enters a relationship with a wealthy womanizing cavalry captain.

Lorenz Ferleitner has worked his way up from a poor but gifted farm boy to a recognized master builder. When a new cathedral is to be built, he is...

This educational film combines medical information and story to teach the viewers about the prevention and treatment of syphilis. The four episodes...

Two young men serving at the front. One comes from a good family, the other's family is poor. But the sister of the middle-class son falls in love...

In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.

Andreas Rellnow decides to leave his troubled parents and pursue an artistic career. As a violin virtuoso, he quickly became popular and a...

A middle class woman's marriage to a nobleman quickly becomes an unhappy one.

The relationship between a painter and his lover fractures after the painter finds out she did not acquire a sum of money by selling his paintings,...