Hidden Genre Gems for Fans of The Masks of the Devil: Cult Guide

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Maria lives alone with her alcoholic father in a small cabin in the woods.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

Therèse is a young woman who has married an older man to be able to live a wealthier life.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Karl Sterner falls for Jenny, a beautiful young woman from an impoverished background, and soon discovers that he cannot control her willful personality - which proves to cause many conflicts in their marriage.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

Dr Monro is found dead in his home. Three people are testifying before the police about what happened.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Financial struggles separate a single mother from her children.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A man undergoing a mid-life crises suddenly becomes irresponsible and behaves in reckless manner. His self-destructive habits not only creates havoc in his home life, it leads to other problems.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

An old poor man steals some wood and gets sentenced to 1 1/2 years of hard labor.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A man and his adult son are caught smuggling by a customs officer, who dies in the ensuing struggle. The arrival of the dead officer's son sets a whole new chain of events in motion.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well.