The Auteur's Selection In the Shadow of Der Mitternachtswalzer: Cul...

Dir: Heinz Paul

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

In WW1, Captain Stanhope is the commander of a British company fighting against the Germans. The young Lieutenant Raleigh admires the older man who he knows from the prewar days. While Stanhope tries to keep up the image of an exemplary soldier, in fact he is thoroughly disillusioned and fights his despair with alcohol, all the while waiting for the signal to start the foray against the Germans. When it comes, it leads to disaster.

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

Dir: Heinz Paul

Young Heinz meets his hero, famous flying ace Ernst Udet, and dreams of becoming a pilot. Heinz's father was a fighter pilot killed in World War I, so his mother tries to persuade Heinz to abandon his career plans.

Dir: Heinz Paul

After divorcing a ballet student who was too young for him, Johann Strauss Jr. now in his mid fifties finds consolation in a German operetta star who has left America to support the Fatherland.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Heinz Paul

Artonis is an acrobat employed in the circus owned by Elvira Starke. Apparently he confines his acrobatics to the bedroom, because he's carrying on two separate affairs on the trot: one with his boss Elvira, and one with the circus's beautiful equestrienne Kitty Rallay. Someone shoots Artonis dead.

Dir: Heinz Paul

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Heinz Paul

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

Adaptation of the Schiller play, about a Swiss rebel against the tyranny of Austria in the early 14th century.

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

Dir: Heinz Paul

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

Dr. Röhn shows little understanding of converting love affairs into marriages. As a successful divorce lawyer, he is too familiar with the downsides of bourgeois lifestyles. In his practice, he only encounters great feelings as advanced strategies in the existential struggle for survival. That's why, when he finds the love of his life, he's reluctant to get married, but what about the rivals?