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Jenny Marba
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15 titles
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Anthropologist and prehistorian Prof. Dr. Crusius, accompanied by his assistant Karl Mill, is tracing the footsteps of early humans. He aims to prove the existence of a human being from a hundred thousand years ago. Furthermore, he is convinced that an animal soul resides within every human being. He faces hostility because of his theory and receives anonymous threatening letters. He delivers a major lecture before the anthropological society. Ultimately, the professor is even forced to fight a duel with an adversary over his hypothesis.
Homo sum
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Liebe und Leben. 1. Die Seele des Kindes
1918
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Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht
1922
A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate provocations by a superior officer who is competing with him for the love of the daughter of a respected privy councillor. His family bans him to New York, where he falls on hard times until a former circus performer helps him to become a world-renowned trapeze and aerial artiste.
The Master of Death
1926
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Liebe und Leben. 2. Die Tochter des Senators
1918
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Sturmflut des Lebens
1921
Film credits
1920s · 11 titles
No synopsis available yet.
Dr. Gyllenborgs doppeltes Gesicht
1922
A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate provocations by a superior officer who is competing with him for the love of the daughter of a respected privy councillor. His family bans him to New York, where he falls on hard times until a former circus performer helps him to become a world-renowned trapeze and aerial artiste.
The Master of Death
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Sturmflut des Lebens
1921
7.0A film based on novel Jane Eyre.
Orphan of Lowood
1926
9.0The story of medical student Sonja Smirnow and her family.
In the Name of the Kaisers
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Marionetten des Teufels
1920
NRA nobleman wishes to help the woman he had seduced and abandoned years earlier when he learns that she is now on trial for murder.
Auferstehung. Katjuscha Maslowa
1923
10.0DANGEROUS PATHS marked the beginning of Henrik Galeen’s collaboration with Piel, which by 1931 had comprised a total of five films. The present film offers the opportunity to see screenwriter Galeen in front of the camera as the super-rich American Francis. The journeyman carpenter Harry is bewitched by Francis’s daughter Dorothy, whom he has to rescue from the clutches of dangerous hoodlums. The gang is also trying to steal the crown of a prince. Thus Harry finds himself in a sophisticated adventure that features spectacular nature shots (filmed in the Alps).
Dangerous Paths
1924
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Black Pierrot
1926
6.6In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.
Die Flamme
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Maria Magdalene
1920
1910s · 4 titles
Anthropologist and prehistorian Prof. Dr. Crusius, accompanied by his assistant Karl Mill, is tracing the footsteps of early humans. He aims to prove the existence of a human being from a hundred thousand years ago. Furthermore, he is convinced that an animal soul resides within every human being. He faces hostility because of his theory and receives anonymous threatening letters. He delivers a major lecture before the anthropological society. Ultimately, the professor is even forced to fight a duel with an adversary over his hypothesis.
Homo sum
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Liebe und Leben. 1. Die Seele des Kindes
1918
No synopsis available yet.
Liebe und Leben. 2. Die Tochter des Senators
1918
NRA bored princess' flights of fancy cause troubles for the entire household, especially her husband.
Durchlaucht Hypochonder
1918