Deep Archive Finds in the Vein of Die Warenhausprinzessin: Cult Guide

Dir: Heinz Paul

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

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

Artonis is an acrobat employed in the circus owned by Elvira Starke. Apparently he confines his acrobatics to the bedroom, because he's carrying on two separate affairs on the trot: one with his boss Elvira, and one with the circus's beautiful equestrienne Kitty Rallay. Someone shoots Artonis dead.

Dir: Heinz Paul

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Die Somme: Das Grab der Millionen perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A depiction of strong leadership, in the Prussian General Hindenburg who celebrated a victory over Czarist Russia in 1914, during the Great War.

Dir: Heinz Paul

Documentary using animated maps,recreations and period footage, on conflicts around a French stronghold which the Germans briefly captured during the battle of Verdun in WWI, between February and October of 1916.

Dir: Heinz Paul

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

After divorcing a ballet student who was too young for him, Johann Strauss Jr. now in his mid fifties finds consolation in a German operetta star who has left America to support the Fatherland.

Dir: Heinz Paul

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Douaumont - Die Hölle von Verdun perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Heinz Paul

In WW1, Captain Stanhope is the commander of a British company fighting against the Germans. The young Lieutenant Raleigh admires the older man who he knows from the prewar days. While Stanhope tries to keep up the image of an exemplary soldier, in fact he is thoroughly disillusioned and fights his despair with alcohol, all the while waiting for the signal to start the foray against the Germans. When it comes, it leads to disaster.