Top-Tier Alternatives In the Shadow of Katharina Knie: Cult Guide

Dir: Karl Grune

A couple are at the theatre with a playwright friend. At the end of the play the jealous husband strangles his wife to death. When the play ends, the man talks to his friend about such a nonsensical finale, telling the author that no man with any sense ever gets jealous enough to choke his wife in these modern times. The playwright decides to test this supposedly perfect couple about their happy feelings for each other.

Dir: Karl Grune

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

After explosion in factory, the two brothers Wenzel and Michael start a new life. Wenzel gets rich on the stock market, Michael builds a settlement colony for the unemployed. Tragedy begins when Wenzel chooses the wrong woman.

Dir: Karl Grune

"The Girl's Shirt" - at that time a common name for a pimp. About promiscuity and naivety leading up to complicated situations.

Dir: Karl Grune

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Karl Grune

Waterloo is a German made movie that depicts the soldiers of Belgium + The Netherlands; Brunswick; England, Ireland, Scotland + Wales; Hanover; Nassau; and Prussia's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Dir: Karl Grune

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Königin Luise, 1. Teil - Die Jugend der Königin Luise perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fictionalized version of the real-life 18th-century French transgender soldier, diplomat, and spy.

Dir: Karl Grune

Barker and Graham are competitors in a sailing regatta, but they are also competitors of the beautiful Ethel. She loves Barker, the gambler, but when he gambles away his fortune, she marries Graham, his creditor.

Dir: Karl Grune

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

Presents two distinct plot lines until the two eventually merge: the first is that of the bored middle-aged man seeking a departure from monotony in his life; the second is that of the blind man and the little boy, his grandson, who are interdependent. None of the characters have been given names and are therefore referred to only by description. The city is an expressionistic nightmare, a dangerous and chaotic place.

Dir: Karl Grune

A mill situated on the border between two unnamed countries and the residents therein become pawns in a future war.

Dir: Karl Grune

melodramatic survey of human life seen through the eyes of a horse.