Hidden Genre Gems for Fans of The Runaway Girl: Cult Guide

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt" : An officer, posing as a deli clerk, and a princess, posing as a manicurist, meet at a ball. The court especially the prime minister oppose a marriage,for political reasons.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

Nina Petrovna, the mistress of a wealthy Cossack, falls in love with a young cadet. Their happiness is short-lived.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A silent film theater projectionist is kidnapped by a gangster group, so he can show them footage of a Dutch jewel dealer they want to steal from. The head gangster's sister helps foil their plan.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

A young maid from the country looses her job as maid in k.u.k. Budapest, when she stays out too long with her beau, a soldier, who's saving money to buy a horse to open a transport company. After being unemployed for quite a while and her rent is long overdue, the landlady offers her a better job in a nightclub. Meanwhile the soldiers family has decided that her son should marry the daughter of a rich farmer. The soldier finds out about his girl friends profession, and accepts after struggling with himself the match his parents have made. At the day of his engagement his girl friend comes to his hometown with enough money to buy a horse, which leads to a conflict between her, the fiancee, her family, himself and his parents.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

Simultaneously made French version of Das Maedel Von Montparnasse: A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and even work they can share to make a few bucks, but the father prefers he marry someone else.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Das Fräulein vom Amt perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Silent version of a popular operetta about a Hungarian cabaret performer, about to go on an American tour, who negotiates the complex demands of three aristocratic admirers.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and they even make some money for a while with him singing and her playing piano.But the father offers him support to marry someone else.