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Dir: Kurt Gerron

A bedroom farce involving a mix up of girls and guests in hotel rooms.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

The criminal cases of German Chief of Police Albert Dettman

Dir: Kurt Gerron

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der Liebe Lust und Leid perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A man returns from South America to Germany and finds his sister has developed a cocaine habit. The drug is having adverse effects on her health, but he has to outsmart the drug pushers supplying her with the stuff before he finally manages to have her admitted to a sanatorium for treatment. A romance also blossoms along the way.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

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

When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping her hooked.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

A mousy bank clerk is married to an ambitious woman.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

The fast driving daughter of a car manufacturer keeps Berlin's most pricey lawyer busy as she keeps getting into scrapes.

Dir: Kurt Gerron

Merijntje is a young boy who becomes friends with De Kruik and together they fish and hunt. But De Kruik is not accepted by the villagers. Later he stabs a border hunter and was jailed. Now Merijntje is all alone.