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Dir: Ludwig Berger

A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, he sleeps there by night and she by day. They meet by chance, not knowing who's who, and fall in love.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

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

One of the first movies made about the fairy tale Cinderella. The film is part of the current German expressionism. Because of that the film ends up being darker than the fairy tale itself.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

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

The story tells how Count Preyn is artfully trapped into a marriage with the cold, unemotional princess of Flausenburg. Poor Count Preyn, with his bubbling Viennese disposition, finds himself lost in the cold atmosphere of the Flausenburg court. On his wedding night he rushes away in desperation and finds a pretty Viennese orchestra leader in a cafe. A romance ensues, the girl never suspecting that he is the prince consort. The girl, Franzi, is hired to teach the princess the modern arts in order to win her husband's love. Right up to the last she is unaware that it is her lover that she is helping to win back for his princess wife.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

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

Composer Joseph Lanner is jealous when the first violinist in his orchestra, none other than Johann Strauss, wants to form his own orchestra also in Vienna and write his own compositions.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

A princess falls in love with the man who killed her cousin. The lover swears it was in self-defense.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

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

A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, he sleeps there by night and she by day. They've never met, but they can't stand each other. Then they meet by chance - not knowing who's who - and fall in love.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

Spain at the beginning of the 1580s, at the time of Philip II. The troops of the king entered the village of Zalamea. Captain Don Alvaro is quartered in the house of Pedro Crespo and his two children. Alvaro is very interested in the proud daughter Isabel, who, however, shows him the cold shoulder.

Dir: Ludwig Berger

Le petit Cafè is the alternate, French language version of PLAYBOY OF PARIS.