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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.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Victor Janson

Two burglars are caught one night by the bon vivant rich owner of the house when he unexpectedly returns home early. One of them escapes, but he catches the other, a young girl. He sets his mind on redeeming her, changing his lifestyle in the process. Complications arise when his sister, who has contracted gambling debts, accepts money from a relation to cover them and cannot return the amount.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Love Commandment 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.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Donauwalzer 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.

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

Dir: Victor Janson

Mrs, Hardy's honeymoon is a failure. Though her husband tries to surfeit her with kisses, the appearance of a fascinating creature on the beach arouses her jealousy, for she suspects they are acquainted. A yachting trip to which the newly-weds invite the husband's friend, a judge on holiday, is interrupted by the fair unknown appearing in bathing costume. Seething with jealousy, the young wife gives vent to her feelings, and when her husband is recalled to town, declines to accompany him. But the hated woman is on the train, and through the jamming of a latch the couple are in a sleeping compartment together all night. This brings matters to the Divorce Court, and a decree nisi is pronounced. Ultimately the husband and wife are reconciled, and the vivacious cause of the troubles marries the judge.

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.