The Global Archive For Devotees of The Prince of Rogues: Cult Guide

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

Gaston, an artist in love with an upper class English girl, accepts to stay away from her when a wealthy rival offers to pay her father's heavy debt. Broken-hearted, he leaves for France with his young servant. They join a young girl as popular musicians and tour the countryside in their way to Paris, where his former love reappears.

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

An engineer is hired to plan and oversee the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. However, certain interests don't want to see the tunnel built and use every means at their disposal, including sabotage and murder, to stop its construction.

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

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

In London at the turn of the century, Gaston du Nerac is due to marry his fiancee, Joanna. When her father finds himself in financial trouble, Gaston reluctantly accepts help from a rival - on condition that he never sees Joanna again.

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

A girl has a winning lottery ticket that contains the number zero five times.

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

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

The new French military attaché at the Constantinople embassy helps a young woman being blackmailed by her own husband.

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

The Marquis de Sévigné is put in a difficult position when he falls for the lovely Lady Falkland, a married woman whose husband, the strict Lord Falkland, subjects her to constant abuse.

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

A young medical student returns to his Tyrolean home to find out that Napoleon's troops have taken over the area and that his mother and sister have been murdered.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of L'homme qui assassina perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

A band of Prussian soldiers fighting Napoleon garrison themselves in a country windmill, the miller's daughter insists on staying with them.

Dir: Curtis Bernhardt

An engineer is hired to plan the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. However, certain interests don't want to see the tunnel built and use every means at their disposal, including sabotage and murder, to stop its construction.