The Essential Watchlist that Capture the Essence of Der verführte Heilige: Cult Guide

Dir: Robert Wiene

Gerald, the head of a vaudeville troupe, has made a famous revue star out of the little dancer Sonja Litowskaja. Wherever she performs, the audience cheers her. The old Duke of Olivarez, who has a sincere friendship with Gerald, immediately recognizes that he and Sonja have more in common than just professional cooperation. No doubt: Gerald is in love with the famous woman. When the troupe makes another guest appearance in Barcelona, the aristocratic gentleman advises Gerald to finally reveal himself to Sonja. The vaudeville director decides to follow his old friend's advice and confess his love to Sonja, but a stupid coincidence prevents him from doing so. On this very evening Sonja meets the passionate and seductive Alfredo de Cavalcante, who awakens in her all the feelings that had been hidden in her until then.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

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?

Dir: Robert Wiene

The film centres on the rivalry between two competing aviation firms, one British and the other French. While in London, the head of the French firm falls in love with a young woman who turns out to be the daughter of his British rival.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

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

Leontine, a French dancer who likes "the good life", has come up with an ingenious solution to her financial problems--whenever she's broke, she marries a man with money. However, her latest husband, the Marquis Verrac, is wealthy but boring, and soon Leontine tires of life in his castle and yearns to get back to the fun and good times she had before she married.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

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

Genuine is an ancient and cruel divinity, who seduces men and induce them to kill as a proof of love.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

While her husband illustrated himself in the war, the Maréchale de Werdenberg took comfort in the arms of the young Octavian and tried to arrange the affairs of his cousin, the Baron Ochs, by introducing him to a young girl.

Dir: Robert Wiene

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.