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The Blue Angel (Deluxe Blu-ray)
This landmark early sound film, directed by Josef von Sternberg, stars Marelene Dietrich and the great Emil Jannings. THE BLUE ANGEL is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability, and the film that catapulted Marlene Dietrich to international stardom. It is presented here in both the…
The Blue Angel
The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability.
F.P. 1 Doesn't Answer
A dashing pilot helps pursuade an heiress to fund the creation of a massive floating airport serving as a way station between four continents. When communication with Floating Platform 1 is mysteriously interrupted, the pilot risks his life to investigate its disappearance.
Farewell (Abschied)
In a return to the realistic “Street films” of the German silent era, Robert Siodmak directed this comedy drama of intersecting lives within the rooms of a working-class boarding house.
Gold (1934, Germany)
A rare science fiction film made in National Socialist Germany, Karl Hartl's GOLD is a high-tech thriller dramatizing the ongoing war between scientific progress and corporate greed (resurrecting some of the themes and spectacle of Fritz Lang's Metropolis). GOLD is not only a handsomely-produced dra…
La Habanera
Swedish temptress Zarah Leander, Nazi Germany's most popular star, here plays the sultry Scandanavian wife of a scheming Puerto Rican aristocrat. Director Sirk (then Detlev Sierck) fled soon after to Hollywood and Americanized his name.
The Kaiser of California
Based on the story of German-born John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.
L'Age D'or
L'AGE D'OR, the surrealist masterpiece of 20th century cinema is now available on DVD to challenge, arouse, unnerve, amuse, and galvanize the uninitiated for generations to come.
Laughing Heirs
A bachelor who stands to inherit the vineyards of Bockelmann champagne must abstain from any alcohol consumption for a full month—not an easy task when surrounded by some of Europe’s finest wineries.
The Man in Search of his Murderer
A despondent young man decides to murder himself by hiring a burglar to commit the crime. But when his life takes an unexpected turn for the better, he realizes he must locate and stop the killer before the contract can be fulfilled.
Mädchen in Uniform
As a new student at an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with the compassionate teacher Fräulein von Bernburg, and her feelings are requited. Experiencing her first love, lonely Manuela also discovers the complexities that come with an illicit romance. This artfully composed land…
Perfect Understanding
Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier star in this comedy of manners in which two people marry on the condition that each will retain his or her individual freedom.
Port of Shadows (4KUHD) AKA Le Quai Des Brumes
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance at life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, when acts of both revenge and kindness turn him into front-page news.
Princess Tam Tam / Zou Zou (Josephine Baker Double Feature)
In Princess Tam Tam, a mischievous shepherd girl rises through society to become a pretend princess and the toast of Paris nightlife. Zou Zou tells the story of a talented Cinderella who saves a show and becomes an overnight sensation.
S.O.S. Iceberg
In a departure from the trademark Alpine settings of Arnold Fanck's Bergfilme ("Mountain Films"), S.O.S. Iceberg takes place off the coast of Greenland, where an explorer, Karl Lorenz (Gustav Diessl), is stranded on a steadily-eroding iceberg. This DVD release contains both the German and English-l…
Tabu (1931)
Filmed entirely in Tahiti, Tabu represented an unusual collaboration between legendary directors F. W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North). Two lovers are doomed by a tribal edict decreeing that the girl is "tabu" to all men. While the lovers' flight from judgement and the ultimate po…