The Definitive Watchlist For Devotees of Der Klabautermann: Cult Guide

Dir: Paul Merzbach

A music student is hired to dub an indisposed tenor in a film entitled A Star fell from Heaven. He does it to become successful and be able to propose to his beloved, his housekeeper's daughter. But things won't be so easy. English version of one of the few Joseph Schmidt films, with a different ending than the German one.

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

Dir: Paul Merzbach

A young theatre couple has marriage and financial problems.

Dir: Paul Merzbach

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der Bankkrach unter den Linden perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Paul Merzbach

John and Ulla are happily married and live in the villa Fridhem. Via telegram, John gets the news that his dreaded mother-in-law will come to visit.

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

Dir: Paul Merzbach

About a young ambitious mans dreams of the art of theatre and the magic path to conquer a life as an actor at the beginning of the 20th century.

Dir: Paul Merzbach

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In the Napoleonic era of the early 19th century, a ballerina moves thru Europe putting on different identities and becomes the mistress of a German Duke so he will sign a treaty beneficial to her country of England.

Dir: Paul Merzbach

Dante, the great conjurer, performs at the Café Grans, a fashionable hotel-restaurant. Face to a dumbfound patrons he does his most famous tricks among which card manipulations or sawing a woman in half.

Dir: Paul Merzbach

The young millionaire Fridolf Johnson and his secretary comes back to Sweden from USA. The millionaire wants to have peace and quiet and change places with his secretary. The silly secretary really takes the opportunity to live the life of a rich man.