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Dir: Max Obal

A romantic comedy mostly set on skis: a girl tries to show her boyfriend that she is just as good at winter sports, and gets help from two other boys.

Dir: Max Obal

Different kinds of Berliners, the well to do along with the ordinary shopkeepers, enjoy their weekends in the city's suburban garden colonies.

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

Dir: Max Obal

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Max Obal

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Max Obal

Mr. Effington and his daughters Maud and Edith hear Miss Destinn at the opera. Edith expresses a wish to meet Miss Destinn, so her father invites Miss Destinn to the birthday party to be given for Edith. Maud is very fond of animals. A friend sends her some lion cubs which she trains to do tricks. She also has several full-grown lions in her private menagerie. Edith is very fond of music and loves her young teacher, Jack Harris. Her father objects to her attachment, and drives him from the house. Atwood, a business friend of Mr. Effington, asks for Edith's hand in marriage. At the birthday party he proposes to her, but is refused. At the party Maud is showing how tame her lions are, and on a dare Miss Destinn, who has accepted the invitation to be present, enters the cage with her and, with one of the lions lying on the piano, within a few inches of her, sings parts of Mignon, Atwood chagrined at Edith's refusal of his hand refuses to assist Mr. Effington in his business, with the result that the business fails. Mr. Effington does not survive the shock and the two girls, brought up in luxury, are forced to go out into the world to make a living. They consult Miss Destinn as to what they should do and receive her assurance that she will help them as best she can. They decide to use Maud's lions and advertise for a young man to play a part in a moving picture drama. Jack Harris sees the advertisement and answers it. He and the girls are much surprised to meet again and he renews his suit for Edith's heart. Edith accepts him and the preparations are made for the wedding. Maud is heartbroken and confesses that she has loved Jack for a long time. She goes with the happy couple to get the marriage license, but cannot face the ordeal. Disappointed and dejected, she goes back to the house and dressing in her sister's wedding dress, enters the cage of the lions. The lions do not seem to recognize her and she loses control of them. When Jack and Edith return they are horrified to find that Maud has become indeed "The Lion's Bride."

Dir: Max Obal

Two stowaways attempt to unravel a plot on board a steam train.

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

Dir: Max Obal

The Italian escape artist Silvio Spaventa and his partner Rina Pera perform a bold and dangerous act at a circus. Watching the deed of Spaventa one night, a jeweler and a criminologist make a bet that he can't break into a very solid safe. When Spaventa succeed in opening the safe a gang of crooks get to hear about this and make new plans for Spaventa.

Dir: Max Obal

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Lion's Bride perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Max Obal

After the US takes a French village which Germans occupied in late WWI,two German soldiers both in love with the same French girl disguise as Yanks and try to convince the gullible, cowardly new occupiers that Germans are returning .

Dir: Max Obal

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.