Visionary Picks Drawn from the Same DNA as In the Power of Opium: Cult Guide

Dir: Robert Dinesen

The young widow Louise von Winge and her mother-in-law are obsessed with hatred and revenge because the husband and son von Winge, the famous army aviator, were killed in air combat with the enemy's most feared aviator, August Ferrer.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Gar el Hama V perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

Manufacturer Berner lives seemingly happy with his daughter Agnes. But Berner's company is close to bankruptcy. Reluctantly, he informs Agnes of the financial situation. She comes up with a plan, involving the housemaid Grethe.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

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

On a sailing trip, Missy Helweg loses her oars and ends up in distress at sea. Her cry for help is heard by Teggy Hamilton, who lives alone on an island. He saves Missy and they become good friends. But the family is worried about her absence.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

Kuno Falkenberg, a handsome young naval lieutenant, is in love with his cousin Elly, who also happens to be the daughter of the colonel. Elly has met a swarthy and wealthy maharajah, who proposes marriage to her in a rowboat. She eagerly accepts. When Kuno finds the empty rowboat, he assumes that Elly has drowned - little suspecting that she has eloped to the Orient, or wherever wealthy maharajahs live.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Thamar, das Kind der Berge perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dr. Hatton and Dr. Felix, two young physicians, are working to produce a serum for the cure of cancer. Dr. Felix secretly envies Dr. Hatton's personality and social conquests, while the latter is jealous of the other's more advanced work. Hatton conceives a plan to divert his colleague's mind from his work by getting him interested in society and a charming orphan, Margaret. Lieutenant Vincent, Margaret's brother and guardian, is soon transferred to another city and Margaret is left alone with an old aunt. Dr. Hatton maneuvers so that Felix spends most of his time with Margaret, while he diligently applies himself to his work. Marguerite's infatuation for Felix results disastrously, and Dudley, Lieutenant's friend, goes to inform him of the improper relations between his sister and the physician. Vincent obtains leave of absence and sets out to defend his sister's honor. Meanwhile Margaret has written Felix about her condition, to which he replies with a check. This she indignantly returns to him. Upon his return Lieutenant Vincent challenges Dr. Felix to a duel, in which the former is fatally wounded. Felix is sent to prison for six months, and the night of his release Dr. Hatton, as Mephistopheles, takes him to a mask ball. In the midst of revelry Dr. Felix thinks how cruelly he has treated Margaret, and he goes to the hospital in search of her, where he learns that she and her child both have died. Overwhelmed by sorrow he returns to his rooms, where he reads of Dr. Hatton's discovery of the cancer cure. Too late he realizes that Dr. Hatton's duplicity has ruined his career. As life no longer appeals to him he takes poison and his dying eyes behold a vision of Mephistopheles with the face of Dr. Hatton, and seems to hear his mocking words: "I have superseded you. Your folly achieved my triumph."

Dir: Robert Dinesen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Dinesen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.