Hand-Picked Alternatives Movies That Echo the Spirit of Die Maske: Cult Guide

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

Attorney General Trevor's second wife is found stabbed to death in his safe. Due to a ring with the initials DG, which is also found in the safe, the suspicion initially falls on Donald Gordon, the fiancé of Trevor's daughter.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der Demütige und die Tänzerin perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Toni wants to become an opera-singer. Her mother was once simple chanteuse. Toni marries the brutal industrialist Liesegang. An Italian doctor falls in love with Toni. He want's to see Liesegang dead.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

During a fancy masquerade, Hella Swendsen finds out that her fiancé is the son of a woman who died of alcohol problems and at the same time he breaks up his engagement. Later during the party, she meets the man who considers himself guilty of the woman's death. This man tells her the tragic story of her life.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

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

The transatlantic liner hits an iceberg and passengers realize that they are left only three hours to live.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

Dancer Parysia is the rage of Paris. Her daughter Margaret is secretly engaged to Andre, and the boy's aristocratic father objects to the alliance. But then Andre himself turns out to be an even greater challenge to the couple.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

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

Lord Cross is a respected and always very serious gentleman. In society he is therefore called "the man without a laugh". One evening, when he and his snobbish girlfriend from the British upper class visited the variety show "Zur Goldenen Kugel" in the somewhat disreputable London district of Whitechapel, in which its director Navratil tried to make the audience laugh with a comic buffo, the Lord's eyes fell immediately on a young gypsy girl. She is called Maryla and dances to the violin.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

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

"The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter, from a dangerous situation in a vulture's nest. He then calls her "Geierwally". They fall in love.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men. The first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little long-time security. The other is an older man, influential in the affairs of Austria, who could provide wealth...and tender devotion. Hannerl thinks about it.

Dir: Ewald André Dupont

Fred Hopkins, a jeweler's assistant, replaces the pearl necklace Lord Reading bought as a wedding present with a worthless imitation. A hunt begins, which the flower seller Rahel and the jumping jack dealer David are able to end by finding the jewelry. Hopkins, who is convicted, then commits suicide for fear of being punished with poison.