Must-Watch List in the Vein of Sein Liebeslied: Cult Guide

Dir: Frank Urson

A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.

Dir: Unknown Director

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Louis J. Gasnier

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

Dir: Arturo Carballo

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

Film based on variety shows of the 20s 'Arco Iris', 'La feria de las hermosas', and 'Las maravillosas', all of them created by Eulogio Velasco.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

A detective poses as a simpleton to uncover gun-runners using an abandoned railway line.

Dir: Anton Gunnarsson

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

The story begins in a pawnshop owned by a middle-aged woman whose daughter is a cocaine addict. The woman is divorced and has just begun an affair with her sales assistant, a young man with extravagant habits. In the second act, we find the pawnbroker, her husband, daughter and sales assistant in one of the city's dance halls, the Eldorado. Suddenly, the police raid the place, and one of the cocaine addicts is so frightened that he pulls out a gun and shoots himself. In the third act, the whole group is in custody. However, it all ends happily when a decent police officer, who knows the pawnbroker from before, ensures that they are released.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

Maria Sinclair, the wife of the British consul, is about to visit her husband when she is arrested by the Chinese. General Hai Lung, who is in charge, offers to give her husband his life if she would promise to stay with him instead.

Dir: Manuel Noriega

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

A woman who arrives Madrid fleeing from their abusive stepmother tries to help her cousin, who has an illegitimate child, pretending to be the real mother.

Dir: Mikhail Fokine

The last moments in the life of a swan.

Dir: Géza von Bolváry

A husband decides that his wife cannot know which one of the two boys is her child. While the children grow up to be men, a war breaks out and the mother has to face questions about motherly love.