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Dir: Hanns Schwarz

The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

A silent film theater projectionist is kidnapped by a gangster group, so he can show them footage of a Dutch jewel dealer they want to steal from. The head gangster's sister helps foil their plan.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

Simultaneously made French version of Das Maedel Von Montparnasse: A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and even work they can share to make a few bucks, but the father prefers he marry someone else.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La petite de Montparnasse perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The tenor Albert Winkelmann is a celebrated artist, admired for his singing and for his effect on women. He is a "Darling of the Gods". His wife Agathe sees the bohemian spouse's preference for the "weaker sex" with some concern.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

Nina Petrovna, the mistress of a wealthy Cossack, falls in love with a young cadet. Their happiness is short-lived.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Bombs Over Monte Carlo perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A young maid from the country looses her job as maid in k.u.k. Budapest, when she stays out too long with her beau, a soldier, who's saving money to buy a horse to open a transport company. After being unemployed for quite a while and her rent is long overdue, the landlady offers her a better job in a nightclub. Meanwhile the soldiers family has decided that her son should marry the daughter of a rich farmer. The soldier finds out about his girl friends profession, and accepts after struggling with himself the match his parents have made. At the day of his engagement his girl friend comes to his hometown with enough money to buy a horse, which leads to a conflict between her, the fiancee, her family, himself and his parents.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

Peter Verdy falls in love with Lola who is mistaken for a boy when she appears in stage regalia before a rich uncle who has other marriage plans for his nephew. The tangle ensuing is finally sorted out with excellent results all round.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

Silent version of a popular operetta about a Hungarian cabaret performer, about to go on an American tour, who negotiates the complex demands of three aristocratic admirers.