The Blue Angel
The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability.
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…
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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…
The Final Chord
A lavish drama set in the classical concert halls of Germany. Maria von Tasnady is a woman who gives up her child for adoption, only to become its nursemaid years later. But even that tenuous happiness is threatened by the influence of a domineering nanny.
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
An adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s popular novel, a tale of shame and superstition set in an insular farming community in the northern region of Germany. Hansi Knoteck stars as a moral outcast who is willing to sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of the man she loves.
To New Shores
This rarely-seen, innovative film, showcases the talents of Swedish-born superstar Zarah Leander. TO NEW SHORES stars Leander as a woman sentenced to an Australian penal colony for a crime committed by her former lover. She eventually marries a farmer (Viktor Staal) and returns to the cabaret stage,…
Victor and Victoria
In this dazzling musical romance, a young woman, unable to find work as a music hall singer, partners with a down-and-out thespian to revamp her act. Pretending to be a man performing in drag, Victoria becomes the toast of the international stage.