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Dir: Victor Janson

The young Queen of Nlilrania and her consort, Prince Ferdinand, are deeply attached to each other, but a hectic youth in Vienna has left him with a flirtatious disposition. An old flame visits the palace, and the Queen apparently has justification for her jealousy. She orders her husband to remain in his apartments. He retaliates by returning the key of the door between their rooms. After a furious scene he departs for Vienna with the Countess. The Queen secretly follows with her aide-de-camp. in the train they encounter sonic officers, and the Queen not only dances, but at Vienna goes to the Arts Ball, where her husband awaits the Countess. Though masked, he recognizes her, and reconciliation ensues.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Victor Janson

In this Paris based romance, a loose woman falls for a dope fiend writer and tries to cure him, only to have him fall for another woman instead.

Dir: Victor Janson

A masked ball at the court of the Spanish king in Madrid. The embassy attaché of the Republic of the Morea in Paris, the somewhat easy-going Horace de Massarena, and the still young Count Juliano have arrived and begin to chat animatedly. Massarena tells his interlocutor that exactly a year ago in this very salon - also on the occasion of a masquerade ball - he was able to do a favor to an unknown woman masked as a black domino.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Woman They Talk About perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Victor Janson

First of several filmed versions of a popular period operetta, in which an early 18th century noblewoman in Poland falls in love with a revolutionary student activist.

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

Dir: Victor Janson

A country girl, mistaken for the niece of an American millionaire, wins the prize in a toothpaste contest, a trip to the Baltic seashore.

Dir: Victor Janson

An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Das Spiel mit der Liebe perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.