Johannes Guter
Directing
Biography
Johannes Guter was a Latvian-born German filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer. Although most of his work is now lost, he is considered a pioneer of German silent cinema and expressionism.
Known For
Silent romantic comedy set on a train.
Express Train of Love
When registering in a Berlin hotel, the beautiful Lilian realizes that she apparently has a doppelganger: She is arrested as a wanted jewel thief. Lilian decides to find the woman who is preparing her next coup in Nice.
Her Dark Spot
Two police inspectors track down a mysterious criminal who signs his crimes with a fiery triangle. When they have just discovered an accomplice, one of the police officers, in love with the young girl, is shot dead. His colleague will then have only one goal in mind.
The Fire Triangle
Eva lives in the sinister Tower with her father, a mad inventor, and her grandfather. The aviator Wilfred Durian and his lovely wife live nearby in the town. But Durian's famous flight across the Australian desert was not all it seems... and when his 'dead' partner Arved Holl is rescued by Eva and comes to claim his former fiancée's hand, the whole house of cards is about to come tumbling down. Meanwhile, Eva's own family history is not quite as she had always believed...
The Tower of Silence
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Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
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Bardame
Aimless Bohemians are encouraged to find their salvation in Arbeit (Work) in this propagandistic Nazi era German production.
Miss Liselott
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Zwei unterm Himmelszelt
Viktor Werneberg is a widowed swimming instructor with three children, who meets the sophisticated Irene Müller advice column in a newspaper. Although the two strike up a bond he is concerned that his chaotic household, including a lazy uncle Paul and an domineering housekeeper Grete, will put Irene off.
A Cheerful House
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Zirkus des Lebens
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Die Prinzessin Suwarin
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Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst
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 return to her tightrope walker lover.
Leap Into Life
A vengeful antique dealer targets a dancer.
Die Tophar-Mumie
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The Wrong Husband
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Die Frau im Himmel
German adaptation of Béla Balázs's Grand Hotel, which was later remade by MGM in 1932.
Grand Hotel...!
An abandoned baby is saved by a river god. Now aged 20, she yearns to see the world outside the water.
Ewiger Strom
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Der Tanzstudent
A little girl falls into the hands of a hypnotist the morning after the assassination of a jeweler. A visitor of the uncomfortable host confesses himself as the perpetrator, the girl can testify and delivers the two villains of the police.