Must-Watch List in the Vein of Der Stier von Saldanha: Cult Guide

Dir: Johannes Guter

Kornej is a young painter of primitivism. An art agent discover the works of Kornej and buy the whole collection. The art critic Moulin is very excited about Kornejs paintings and style. Kornej marries his childhood sweetheart Rita.

Dir: Johannes Guter

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

Axel and Bertha are a modern, emancipated artist couple in Paris. He is feminine and vain. She is financially independent, member of the women's association "Married's Women's right of ownership" and uses male nude models.

Dir: Johannes Guter

Two passenger ships dock in the port of Hamburg. Aboard the one is the Russian princess Suwarin, who has fled from the Bolshevik homeland into German exile, while the millionaire Cyrus Proctor disembarks from the other ship. Both passengers have found their accommodation in one and the same hotel. Princess Suwarin must start looking for a job to start earning money. She tries on a film production company, where she meets the movie star Tina Bermonte and falls in love with the auxiliary director Andrej Klipman.

Dir: Johannes Guter

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

The old weirdo lawyer Hagger will not let his nephew control his money affairs, even though he has become engaged to Senator Hartwich's daughter Elinor. The uncle himself does not have clean flour in the bag, he is taken in by a circus dancer, Alegria, and to get along with her, he hires burglars with himself, murders his servant, disguises himself as the director's brother and abducts Alegria. He IS insane, and finally indicates himself.

Dir: Johannes Guter

A one-eyed ferryman finds a baby abandoned in his boat. When the vessel sways the toddler goes overboard. Although it falls into the river, the ferryman does not feel compelled to save it. But the baby does not die, because the river God saves and raises her in his underwater world. 20 years later, the young woman Marija, is hungry for life above water. From now on she only brings harm to all those men who will cross her life.

Dir: Johannes Guter

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

When registering in a Berlin hotel, the beautiful Lilian realizes that she apparently has a doppelganger: She is arrested as a wanted jewel thief. Lilian decides to find the woman who is preparing her next coup in Nice.

Dir: Johannes Guter

A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.

Dir: Johannes Guter

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Johannes Guter

The wife of the virtuoso Paolo Sarto, Sigge, asks the detective Stuart Webbs for his help. Her husband has been suffering from severe anxiety since a strange visit. A little later the body of the visitor is found in Sarto's garden.

Dir: Johannes Guter

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.