The Definitive Guide Deeply Connected to Dämon und Mensch: Cult Guide

Dir: Richard Oswald

Characteristic for Hoffmann's work is his life-long fight against rationalism and for the revelation of nature morte, culminating mostly in carnival-like scenes anticipating literary techniques

Dir: Richard Oswald

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Es werde Licht! 1. Teil perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Paul Mauthner, a painter, has syphilis. A quack who promises a cure cannot help. Paul seduces his brother's wife and infects her with syphilis. While he then flees, the young, infected woman dies of the disease. The daughter born of this liaison, also infected, is admitted to a special clinic and can be cured there.

Dir: Richard Oswald

In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of England and faces the risk of arrest.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Around the World in 80 Days perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Richard Oswald

Thomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple who hardly can move on his crutches. He dwells a fanatical love for his son, whom he holds like a monkey in a cage.

Dir: Richard Oswald

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

In ancient, Tsarist Russia. Fyodor Protasov's marriage to his wife Lisa is over. However, the Russian Orthodox Church does not approve of a divorce, and so Protasov fakes his own suicide, before Lisa move in with her lover Viktor Karenin. Fyodor himself becomes a "living corpse".

Dir: Richard Oswald

A variation of the famous Oscar Wilde tale in which Dorian Gray's soul is manifested in a painting instead of his own body.

Dir: Richard Oswald

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

About alcoholism, which can develop into a terrible family tradition. Paul is the son of a drinker. One day his father is killed in an inn. Despite the bad example set by his father, Paul is also unable to give up alcohol.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.