Masterpiece Selection that Capture the Essence of The Last Payment: Cult Guide

Dir: Georg Jacoby

Lilian Lee arrives in Japan to take over a tea plantation that has been left to her. She is befriended by a tea planter, Kent, and arouses the desire of a Chinese man with a Western education, Fu Chow. This man ruins Kent's crops and then boldly declares his feeling for Lilian, at which the Englishman orders him out. Nevertheless, Fu Chow manages to persuade Lilian to come to his house. In protecting herself she stabs him. Kent stands by her at her trial, and she becomes his wife. Kent's young manager makes love to her and, thinking Kent does not actually love her, she agrees to go with him. Kidnapped, she is about to suffer nameless degradation when Kent rescues her, proving his love is genuine.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

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

A lawyer blackmails a society lady about her past. Will the Joker come to her rescue?

Dir: Georg Jacoby

Bulgaria at the beginning of the 20 century. A village in Macedonia.Bogdan Stimov is suspected of a murder which he has not committed. On his wife Anna's urgent request he resolves to flee the country. America. Known as Stimens, Bogdan has risen to the position of director of a munitions factory. The First Wold War breaks out. The Italian Eteli incites his compatriots against the Austrian and German workers at the factory. Stimov takes their side and is dismissed together with his friends Max and Friedrich. Eteli's sister Anna is in love with Max. With her help all four obtain the necessary paper and board a Swedish ship. Eteli gets in touch with the captain of an Italian mail-boat which overtakes and detains the fugitives. The captives manage to escape in a boat. They are rescued by a German submarine. Max, Anna and Friedrich go to Germany. In Bukgaria Stimov's estate has been seized by the invaders. One of them wants to marry Stimov's daughter Maritsa against her will. Bogdan arrives on the wedding day. Under his leadership the peasants rise in revolt. Anna is hiding with friends while Bgdan, Maritsa and his son Peter go to Sofia. At the palace Stimov kneels before the King and tells him the story of his life. He is pardoned and joins the army. Peter is an army volunteer and Maritsa becomes a nurse. The Serbian forces have been driven out of Macedonia. Stimov's estate have been into a field hospital. Among the wounded is Max. Eteli appears too and fires at Maritsa. Max and a young soldier jump on him. The bullet hits the young soldier. A doctor unbuttons his tunic to discover that this is a girl in disguise. Etelirecognizes his sister Anna. A military parade. Stimov receives a medal from the King. Together with Peter he returns to his village where they are greeted with joy.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

In Corsica, Marianna Paoli's brother is killed by an Englishman whose identity is unknown to her. She swears vengeance and tracks the killer to Monte Carlo. There she falls in love with a handsome young officer, only to discover that he is the murderer she has sworn to punish.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Meineid - Ein Paragraph, der Menschen tötet perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A young married couple is on vacation in Ostend, where they meet a world-famous tenor who immediately begins to make advances to the young woman. The flattered woman believes in great love and is ready to leave her husband. But when she learns that the famous tenor is only interested in a short adventure, she wants to kill herself.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

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

Theodore Reibeth, a medical student, is introduced to Mlle. Aut Nissen in a moving picture studio where she is taking one of the leading roles. He is attracted to her by her unusual beauty and charm. Circumstances later make it possible for him to see her frequently at her home, and he falls in love with her. Mlle. Nissen is very fond of animals and has in her apartments a private collection of lions which she shows to him. Reibeth's graduation is at hand when he receives a letter from his brother telling him that through unfortunate investments their fortune has been lost. In this predicament Mlle. Nissen comes to his aid and lends him enough money to finish his studies, which he accepts and graduates with high honors. Later at a reception Reibeth sees Mlle. Nissen flirting with another man. He protests very strongly and the controversy causes a rupture which separates them. Years pass and he almost forgets the celebrated actress. His wedding announcement in one of the papers, however, comes to the attention of Mlle. Nissen who asks him to call. He does so and the old love returns. His faith in his former love is still so great that he allows himself to be blindfolded by her and led into one of the lower portions of the house. When he tears the blindfold from his eyes he discovers he is in the den of lions. With death in a terrible form almost upon him he manages to escape. Mlle. Nissen seeing him free makes her own life a penance for the tragic deed she had planned.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.