The Auteur's Selection Complementing the Tone of Funkzauber: Cult Guide

Dir: Richard Oswald

The second syphilis film poses the moral question: namely how far an illness should be considered a human disgrace. The protagonist of this story, a young doctor, believes that only characterless people can contract the disease through reprehensible actions. At a meeting in honor of a venereologist, a violent dispute erupts between the doctor who applies moral categories and a colleague who argues more objectively. Two events make the dogmatic young doctor think: his sister marries a syphilitic who has not yet been completely healed, and he himself falls ill as a result of a kiss from a young woman who also suffers from syphilis. But the doctor is healed and reconsiders his previous attitude.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

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

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

Dir: Richard Oswald

In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of England and faces the risk of arrest.

Dir: Richard Oswald

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Richard Oswald

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

Dir: Richard Oswald

A variation of the famous Oscar Wilde tale in which Dorian Gray's soul is manifested in a painting instead of his own body.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Around the World in 80 Days perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Richard Oswald

Philanthropist attempts to awaken in the good side in criminals.

Dir: Richard Oswald

About unwanted pregnancies and abortions as a result of unprotected sexual intercourse.