Curt Oertel

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.

Scientist Martin Fellmann is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife. Driven to the brink of madness by fantastic nightmares, he encounters a psychoanalyst who offers to treat the perplexing malady.

The film is an adaptation of the 1834 play by Alfred de Musset, On ne badine pas avec l'amour. The film is considered to be a lost film.

Viktor, the son of Prince Gagarin, becomes engaged to the young Natasha, which Governor Malyutov, whose ward he is, does not like at all. So he does everything in his power to separate the two.

The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career as he achieves lasting fame. The documentary includes detailed looks at some of the artist's most renowned creations. American heavily re-edited version of the Swiss 1938 film Michelangelo: Das Leben eines Titanen, with new footage shot by Robert J. Flaherty added. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

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Freely adapted from Theodor Storm's novella of the same name.

Journeyman craftsman Paul Paulsen is in his third year of traveling and lives far from his North German homeland in a small village in Central Germany. During a winter storm, he sees a young woman near his door, demanding entry to the prison, but being turned away by the warden. Paul follows the woman and takes her to his landlady's apartment. He recognizes her as Lisei, the daughter of a puppeteer, whom he had met twelve years earlier. He looks back.

“A documentary film illustrating and analysing the mediæval architecture and sculpture of the beautiful cathedral of Naumburg in Germany.” - The [London] Film Society, 1936.

The life and works of Michelangelo are presented by German actor Mathias Wieman, in the the historical context of the High Renaissance era. A much re-edited American version was released in 1950 – The Titan: Story of Michelangelo.

The film begins dreamily describing the quieter times of the 16th century. The documentary, which was made in the years after World War II, goes on to examine the life and teachings of the reformer Martin Luther.