Underground Favorites Mirroring the Impact of The Love Commandment:...

Dir: Victor Janson

Mrs, Hardy's honeymoon is a failure. Though her husband tries to surfeit her with kisses, the appearance of a fascinating creature on the beach arouses her jealousy, for she suspects they are acquainted. A yachting trip to which the newly-weds invite the husband's friend, a judge on holiday, is interrupted by the fair unknown appearing in bathing costume. Seething with jealousy, the young wife gives vent to her feelings, and when her husband is recalled to town, declines to accompany him. But the hated woman is on the train, and through the jamming of a latch the couple are in a sleeping compartment together all night. This brings matters to the Divorce Court, and a decree nisi is pronounced. Ultimately the husband and wife are reconciled, and the vivacious cause of the troubles marries the judge.

Dir: Victor Janson

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Victor Janson

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Das Geheimnis der Mumie perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A country girl, mistaken for the niece of an American millionaire, wins the prize in a toothpaste contest, a trip to the Baltic seashore.

Dir: Victor Janson

First of several filmed versions of a popular period operetta, in which an early 18th century noblewoman in Poland falls in love with a revolutionary student activist.

Dir: Victor Janson

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

A masked ball at the court of the Spanish king in Madrid. The embassy attaché of the Republic of the Morea in Paris, the somewhat easy-going Horace de Massarena, and the still young Count Juliano have arrived and begin to chat animatedly. Massarena tells his interlocutor that exactly a year ago in this very salon - also on the occasion of a masquerade ball - he was able to do a favor to an unknown woman masked as a black domino.

Dir: Victor Janson

An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.

Dir: Victor Janson

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Victor Janson

The young Queen of Nlilrania and her consort, Prince Ferdinand, are deeply attached to each other, but a hectic youth in Vienna has left him with a flirtatious disposition. An old flame visits the palace, and the Queen apparently has justification for her jealousy. She orders her husband to remain in his apartments. He retaliates by returning the key of the door between their rooms. After a furious scene he departs for Vienna with the Countess. The Queen secretly follows with her aide-de-camp. in the train they encounter sonic officers, and the Queen not only dances, but at Vienna goes to the Arts Ball, where her husband awaits the Countess. Though masked, he recognizes her, and reconciliation ensues.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.