The Essential Watchlist Similar Cinematic Experiences to Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter: Cult Guide

Dir: Richard Oswald

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Richard Oswald

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

Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn.

Dir: Richard Oswald

In ancient, Tsarist Russia. Fyodor Protasov's marriage to his wife Lisa is over. However, the Russian Orthodox Church does not approve of a divorce, and so Protasov fakes his own suicide, before Lisa move in with her lover Viktor Karenin. Fyodor himself becomes a "living corpse".

Dir: Richard Oswald

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In the third part syphilis is also at the center of the action. This time a landowner falls ill. He proves to be a real fiend, tyrannizes his wife and seduces the daughter of the forester he employs. When the young woman thinks she can't find a way out, she seeks suicide. Finally, the despot also dies and, post mortem, takes his son with him into the misfortune. The latter believes that he too is suffering from syphilis and is soon obsessed with this delusion.

Dir: Richard Oswald

About alcoholism, which can develop into a terrible family tradition. Paul is the son of a drinker. One day his father is killed in an inn. Despite the bad example set by his father, Paul is also unable to give up alcohol.

Dir: Richard Oswald

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

A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.

Dir: Richard Oswald

Thomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple who hardly can move on his crutches. He dwells a fanatical love for his son, whom he holds like a monkey in a cage.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.