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Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

Dir: Edward LeSaint

When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.

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

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

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 The Merry Jail perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

In Southern Bavaria, Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel insists his elder daughter Liesel marry first. Liesel is shunned as too brutal. Seppel suggests marrying Liesel first, ridding her, then wedding Gretel.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A girl is kidnapped and held captive in an ancient Egyptian temple. She is rescued and flees to England, but soon finds that her mysterious captor is still haunting her.

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

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.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

After WWI, German cinema shifted from comedies to serious themes. Silent expressionist films like "Caligari" and "Carmen" gained international recognition.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Kohlhiesel's Daughters perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.