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Dir: Robert Wiene

While her husband illustrated himself in the war, the Maréchale de Werdenberg took comfort in the arms of the young Octavian and tried to arrange the affairs of his cousin, the Baron Ochs, by introducing him to a young girl.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

Psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

Musical about a girl typist who leaves Berlin for Venice after winning a contest. A rich bachelor pretending to be poor takes a job with her and competes for her affections with a count and a tenor.

Dir: Robert Wiene

Gerald, the head of a vaudeville troupe, has made a famous revue star out of the little dancer Sonja Litowskaja. Wherever she performs, the audience cheers her. The old Duke of Olivarez, who has a sincere friendship with Gerald, immediately recognizes that he and Sonja have more in common than just professional cooperation. No doubt: Gerald is in love with the famous woman. When the troupe makes another guest appearance in Barcelona, the aristocratic gentleman advises Gerald to finally reveal himself to Sonja. The vaudeville director decides to follow his old friend's advice and confess his love to Sonja, but a stupid coincidence prevents him from doing so. On this very evening Sonja meets the passionate and seductive Alfredo de Cavalcante, who awakens in her all the feelings that had been hidden in her until then.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

Genuine is an ancient and cruel divinity, who seduces men and induce them to kill as a proof of love.

Dir: Robert Wiene

Leontine, a French dancer who likes "the good life", has come up with an ingenious solution to her financial problems--whenever she's broke, she marries a man with money. However, her latest husband, the Marquis Verrac, is wealthy but boring, and soon Leontine tires of life in his castle and yearns to get back to the fun and good times she had before she married.

Dir: Robert Wiene

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

A doll maker in China crafts a puppet which is lifelike. He takes it to exhibit but find an even more convincing and beautiful doll there. It is in fact a real woman pretending to be a doll

Dir: Robert Wiene

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Wiene

Simultaneously filmed French version of the German film Der Andere: A strict legal official,in a variation of the Jekyll and Hyde plot, turns into a criminal at night.