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Dir: Robert Wiene

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A doll maker in China crafts a puppet which is lifelike. He takes it to exhibit but find an even more convincing and beautiful doll there. It is in fact a real woman pretending to be a doll

Dir: Robert Wiene

Chicago gangsters use cunning and a series of false identities in a violent battle for dominance, all while attempting to dodge the police.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A student murders a loan shark and her sister after writing about exceptional people's right to commit crimes. He meets prostitute Sonja while on the run, clashes with his sister's fiancé, and learns of Sonja's connection.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

By the director of Cabinet of Dr.Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain, who seeks to convince him that it is better to sacrifice ones own life than take the life of ones enemy. The framing story, taken from a novel, is believed to have been intended to give the Biblical story an anti-Bolshevist propaganda function. In any case, it was added without the knowledge of the actors in the Passion story, who included some of the major stars of the period Asta Nielsen as Mary Magdalene, Henny Porten as Mary, Grigori Chmara as Jesus, and Werner Krauss as Pontius Pilate -bampfa.berkeley.edu

Dir: Robert Wiene

Simultaneously filmed French version of the German film Der Andere: A strict legal official,in a variation of the Jekyll and Hyde plot, turns into a criminal at night.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Wiene

Psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme.

Dir: Robert Wiene

After years travelling the world, Count Greven returns home with the art treasures he has collected. But his disposition has altered dramatically and he is a troubled man. Will he suffer alone or can he be helped and freed from this malady?