Must-Watch List in the Vein of Die Frau im Feuer: Cult Guide

Dir: Carl Boese

When an attractive maid in a garrison town becomes pregnant, she reveals that one of three soldiers stationed there who had been chasing after her, is responsible.

Dir: Carl Boese

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Man braucht kein Geld perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Family Brandt has lost its fortune in oil speculation, and they have great debts at the local bank. This one is threatened with its own crash due to lack of money. The only hope is Brandt's uncle Thomas Hoffman, an American millionaire, who is coming for a visit. Bank Accountant Schmidt uses his own money to welcome him properly, presenting himself as Brandt's daughter's fiance, but it turns out, that Hoffmann never was a millionaire, in fact he still owns the city of Chicago about $100 for medical treatment. Yet with his existance alone he starts a big scheme to bring back prosperity. Surprisingly it works, yet there are some problems: 1st: Chicago wants the money back, asking at the foreign office in Berlin for help, and 2nd: Hoffmann does not like the sheme at all, and tries to go back to his quiet and peaceful Chicago...

Dir: Carl Boese

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Carl Boese

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

The famous clown Grock settles in a castle with his wife Bianca who happens to be the former lover of the previous owner of the castle.

Dir: Carl Boese

After a thirty-year career on international variety stages, the famous clown Grock retires, marries and buys a villa on the Mediterranean. But Grock remains a clown and is so immersed in the work on his new home that his young wife is soon reunited with her former lover. Grock reappears in a traveling circus with his old partner Max and his world-famous act and is a sensational success. Grock's career continues.

Dir: Carl Boese

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Carl Boese

German version of French boulevard farce: A flirtatious Polish relative is brought to a country estate and complicates relations among a recuperating cuckolded banker, his wife, and her painter lover.

Dir: Carl Boese

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Carl Boese

Meyer runs an office which is both a marriage bureau and a divorce agency. Unbeknownst to him his own desired bride Elsa actually loves his best friend who happens to hire Meyer to force their marriage against the wishes of her father.

Dir: Carl Boese

A girl posing as a knight's male valet is vamped by his fiancée.