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Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

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

Peter Fall, once a gentleman of fine society, is cheated upon and ruined by the woman he loves. He disappears from the scene and goes to sea as a sailor.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discovered by an agent, who thinks that she really is a man. She becomes famous, but her situation becomes troublesome when she falls in love with Robert.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

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

Ronny is a young designer on her way to the capital of the Ruritanian Kingdom of Perusa with the costumes she has created for the operetta written by the Prince. On her journey she meets the prince and is persuaded to take the place of the star who had just walked out. The prince falls for Ronny but how can he marry a commoner ?

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

Gerte Winter, a young Berliner mechanic, marries an English rich nobleman who promises to send for her. Time goes on, and tired of waiting Gerte heads off to England. After some new acquaintances she finds herself in front of a big fenced property.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

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

A young woman tries to hinder her sister from committing adultery - by wooing the suitor herself.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wive Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

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

A wife believes her husband has been deceiving her and decides to have some fun at his expense. After a bit of mischief, her husband, a lawyer who is preparing a divorce for a client, decides to start divorce proceedings himself. The wife then realises she has gone too far.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run away together. They stay with her aged grandmother who assumes the young man (whom she doesn't know) to be the new husband and has prepared a bridal bed for them.

Dir: Reinhold Schünzel

Jupiter descends from Olympus to Greek Thebes, where in disguise he seduces the wife of one of the men who are away at war.