Editor's Top Picks Following the Footsteps of The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg: Cult Guide

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

While making a movie in the Alps, the female star falls in love with a nobleman.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A bumbling, self-indulgent husband goes on a vacation away from his wife. There he meets a popular, attractive young woman also on a vacation. Both go on a mountain climb which is going to be far from an ideal adventure.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of My Wife, the Movie Star perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed.

Dir: Alexander Butler

In Alberta, Canada, a Cornish emigrant unmasks a rustler posing as the girl's "blind" father.

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

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Comical variation on the Shakespeare play, featuring two feuding farmers families.

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

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another job in a more 'upmarket' shoe salon, only to be fired again, before charming a rich benefactress to fund his ultimate dream: Pinkus' Shoe Palace.