Visionary Picks In Alignment with the style of Die berühmte Frau: Cult Guide

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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

Dir: Robert Wiene

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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.

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

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 Leontines Ehemänner 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

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 Die große Abenteuerin 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

"A Woman's Revenge" - In order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman becomes a common prostitute to shame him.

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.