The Rules of the Game 1939

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

What Women Dream 1933

In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.

But the Flesh Is Weak 1932

A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.

That's All That Matters 1931

A woman accompanies her husband to a party. Both leave with other partners.

Olympia 1930

Theodor Shall is cast as handsome Lieutenant Kovacs, the sweetheart of the lovely Princess Olympia. When the princess' snooty mother breaks up the romance, the embittered Kovacs threatens to tell the world that he has "ruined" the girl (not true!), making her unfit for marriage. To ensure his silence, the Lieutenant is promised a night alone with Olympia, just before the wedding. It is at this point that Kovacs proves he's a gentleman after all by marrying the Princess, which is what he intended to do all along.

Impetuous Youth 1926

Girl dressed up as a boy falls in love with a painter.

Michael 1924

The relationship between a master painter and his longtime model begins to collapse after the former agrees to paint a portrait for a Russian countess.

Irrlichter der Tiefe 1923

"Lights of the Abyss". Anita Berber enchants men and women as the seductive goddess Astarte.

Narkotica - Die Welt der Träume und des Wahnsinns 1923

The Grinning Face 1921

Silent horror film directed by Julius Herska and starring Franz Höbling, Nora Gregor and Lucienne Delacroix. It is an adaptation of the 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo.