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Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Un certain monsieur Grant perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Simultaneously filmed French version of Ein Gewisser Herr Gran, in which an enigmatic character deals with stolen documents having to do with aerial defenses.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

Against a luxurious Venice background, a daredevil German secret service captain pits his wits against an older man,a sinister antiquities dealer who is stealing drawings of weapons.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

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

A young engineer lies to protect his fiancée, and is later convicted of perjury (after which his fiancée abandons him) and sent to prison. When he gets get, he tries to return to his former life and finds out that's easier said than done--no one wants to hire an ex-con, and when he finds himself broke and homeless, he is "saved" by a local prostitute, and discovers that his only real friends are the people that society deems to be the "lower classes" and "criminals". Just when he is starting to work his way back to "respectability", a situation arises in which he must risk everything he's worked for in order to help out the people who've helped him.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

The "people among us" are Berlin building tenants, a cross section of late 20s society.Among them: a government assessor and his wife,who gives birth while in prison, and a flighty landlady who is swindled by a diamond seller.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der alte Fritz - 2. Ausklang perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A socially conscious melodrama about three poor children, who we learn were all born out of wedlock, living with foster parents who do not offer them the proper care, and what fate has in store for each of them.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

1812: Napoleon orders German Princess Marie Luise to marry Polish Prince Potovski. Hussar Hansgeorg is to save and escort her so she can marry the Duke of Brunswick. But she refuses - because she has fallen in love with Hansgeorg.

Dir: Gerhard Lamprecht

The film centers on a family divided by politics. While the son, a staunch Prussian, is horrified by his father's treacherous support for the French, he equally condemns the local patriots' mindless spirit of revenge.