Top-Tier Alternatives Exploring the Legacy of Abduction: Cult Guide

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

Friends Franz and Bela work in a deli belonging to Mr. Wallis. Franz is the manager and Bela a salesclerk. Both get to know the lovely Lilo. But while Bela is rebuffed, the charming womanizer Franz is more successful. After a boisterous celebration in the deli, Mr. Wallis tells Franz to get lost and hires Lilo as a new salesperson. Franz and Bela take a job at Mr. Markow's deli across the street and a serious competition begins between the two delis for survival.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

The widowed mother Erdmann has four decent sons and the spoiled Oskar. Not only did he avoid military service during World War I, he also became an enemy agent.

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

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

The magic of the circus stables. Controversies and small private conflicts between the artists, clowns and entertainers.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

Maria Sinclair, the wife of the British consul, is about to visit her husband when she is arrested by the Chinese. General Hai Lung, who is in charge, offers to give her husband his life if she would promise to stay with him instead.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der Erzieher meiner Tochter perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

A director's nephew unmasks a manager as a wrecker of trains.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Petit officier... Adieu! perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

Mady Smith, a young girl, raves about the famous jazz singer Maxim Merblanc and one evening sneaks out of the boarding school where she lives to finally meet her idol in the "Tivoli Cabaret".

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

Jenny works in the kitchen of a luxurious hotel and is in love with Jean, the charming headwaiter. But the latter has his eyes on Lola, the hotel dancer, who is kept by a senile millionaire. Jenny manages to get Jean to come see her and stupidly steals a champagne bottle for the occasion. When someone rats her out, she escapes through the corridors aimlessly and ends up in the dining room where, through the whim of a rich foreigner, she has to perform a comedy act for the crowd. It is an instant success and brings her fortune. Jean will soon realize that he loved her all along.