Hidden Genre Gems In Alignment with the style of A Devil of a Fello...

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A woman of the Latin Quarter, who has had numerous love affairs, flees from the wild life of Paris to bury her past in self-exile in South America.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Frauen am Abgrund perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A young married couple is on vacation in Ostend, where they meet a world-famous tenor who immediately begins to make advances to the young woman. The flattered woman believes in great love and is ready to leave her husband. But when she learns that the famous tenor is only interested in a short adventure, she wants to kill herself.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

The youngest brother of Napoleon, Jerome, who, after the unfortunate peace of Tilsit, on August 18, 1807, took control of the newly created kingdom of Westphalia, holds his splendid court at Schloss Wilhelmshoehe near Kassel. In the magnificent surroundings of the castle, its beautiful parks and the charming water features, he spends his time in happy garden parties.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of So sind die Männer perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A lawyer blackmails a society lady about her past. Will the Joker come to her rescue?

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Jokeren perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Meineid - Ein Paragraph, der Menschen tötet perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Bulgaria at the beginning of the 20 century. A village in Macedonia.Bogdan Stimov is suspected of a murder which he has not committed. On his wife Anna's urgent request he resolves to flee the country. America. Known as Stimens, Bogdan has risen to the position of director of a munitions factory. The First Wold War breaks out. The Italian Eteli incites his compatriots against the Austrian and German workers at the factory. Stimov takes their side and is dismissed together with his friends Max and Friedrich. Eteli's sister Anna is in love with Max. With her help all four obtain the necessary paper and board a Swedish ship. Eteli gets in touch with the captain of an Italian mail-boat which overtakes and detains the fugitives. The captives manage to escape in a boat. They are rescued by a German submarine. Max, Anna and Friedrich go to Germany. In Bukgaria Stimov's estate has been seized by the invaders. One of them wants to marry Stimov's daughter Maritsa against her will. Bogdan arrives on the wedding day. Under his leadership the peasants rise in revolt. Anna is hiding with friends while Bgdan, Maritsa and his son Peter go to Sofia. At the palace Stimov kneels before the King and tells him the story of his life. He is pardoned and joins the army. Peter is an army volunteer and Maritsa becomes a nurse. The Serbian forces have been driven out of Macedonia. Stimov's estate have been into a field hospital. Among the wounded is Max. Eteli appears too and fires at Maritsa. Max and a young soldier jump on him. The bullet hits the young soldier. A doctor unbuttons his tunic to discover that this is a girl in disguise. Etelirecognizes his sister Anna. A military parade. Stimov receives a medal from the King. Together with Peter he returns to his village where they are greeted with joy.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

Sentimental story of a woman who couldn't have a child but falls in love later, at a nurse job, with a baby her wayward husband had with a neighbor girl.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

Lilian Lee arrives in Japan to take over a tea plantation that has been left to her. She is befriended by a tea planter, Kent, and arouses the desire of a Chinese man with a Western education, Fu Chow. This man ruins Kent's crops and then boldly declares his feeling for Lilian, at which the Englishman orders him out. Nevertheless, Fu Chow manages to persuade Lilian to come to his house. In protecting herself she stabs him. Kent stands by her at her trial, and she becomes his wife. Kent's young manager makes love to her and, thinking Kent does not actually love her, she agrees to go with him. Kidnapped, she is about to suffer nameless degradation when Kent rescues her, proving his love is genuine.