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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 Fräulein Liselott perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Aimless Bohemians are encouraged to find their salvation in Arbeit (Work) in this propagandistic Nazi era German production.

Dir: Johannes Guter

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Johannes Guter

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Die Tophar-Mumie 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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Johannes Guter

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

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 fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Johannes Guter

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

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

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

Arved Holl and Wilfred Durian's plane gets stranded during their Victoria Desert expedition. After a failed landing, they face limited water supplies that can sustain only one person.