Essential Cult Cinema Drawn from the Same DNA as Nanon: Cult Guide

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A pretty young princess, incognito, has a romance with a handsome young lieutenant who is pretending to be a clerk in a delicatessen.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Das Mädel vom Montparnasse perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and they even make some money for a while with him singing and her playing piano.But the father offers him support to marry someone else.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A silent film theater projectionist is kidnapped by a gangster group, so he can show them footage of a Dutch jewel dealer they want to steal from. The head gangster's sister helps foil their plan.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

Isebill's father has married for the second time, and she cannot get along with the new mother. He tries to push the daughter to a boarding school, but she escapes to America with young Hans, where the two build their own existence.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt" : An officer, posing as a deli clerk, and a princess, posing as a manicurist, meet at a ball. The court especially the prime minister oppose a marriage,for political reasons.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

The tenor Albert Winkelmann is a celebrated artist, admired for his singing and for his effect on women. He is a "Darling of the Gods". His wife Agathe sees the bohemian spouse's preference for the "weaker sex" with some concern.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

The young wife of a rich old husband is prevented of a fling by a gentleman-burglar, who falls in love to her.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.