Faust (Restored Version)
Newly restored. Inspired by the German legend and by Goethe's classic tale, Murnau's Faust tells the story of an alchemist (played by Gosta Ekman) who, struggling with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered the power to cure and the gift of youth ... in exchange for his soul. As the diabo…
The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)
In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic cons…
The Haunted Castle (Restored Authorized Edition)
Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Faust and The Last Laugh, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau tested the waters with this moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that lurks within.
The Last Laugh (Restored Version)
One of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann) stars Emil Jannings stars as an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which had for years been the foundation of his…
F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu
A cornerstone of the horror genre, F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is resurrected in an HD edition mastered from a 35mm restoration.
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…
Tartuffe
Restoring censored images and filling in forgotten facts, Jia Zhangke provides an alternative version of 20th-century China’s fraught history as reflected through life in the Yangtze city.
The Haunted Castle / Finances of the Grand Duke
A hunting party is interrupted by the arrival of a notorious count (Lothar Mehnert), who is believed to have murdered his brother.