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Dir: Max Reichmann

Toni Lechner, innkeeper at the small Tirolese village of Heiligenblut, sings in church and is happy with his mother and his girlfriend Leni. One day an impresario arrives after an auto failure and hears Toni sing, tempting him into an operatic career. Toni accepts but with time he misses his people, not knowing his jealous prima donna has kept them apart from him.

Dir: Max Reichmann

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Never Trust a Woman perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A sailor falls for a music hall performer with marital problems, after having been at sea a long 12 years, only to learn the distressing news that she is his own sister.

Dir: Max Reichmann

Das Land des Lächelns operetta is performed at a diplomat's mansion. Lisa hosts an exotic guest from India, paralleling the stage story of prince SouChong(Tauber)and Viennese Countess Lisel(Margit Suchy)in a tale of East meets West.

Dir: Max Reichmann

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Das Land des Lächelns perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Max Reichmann

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Max Reichmann

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Derby. Ein Ausschnitt aus der Welt des Trabersports perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Set among the traveling circus community. It was made as a polyglot film with each actor speaking in their own language.

Dir: Max Reichmann

Ralph and Gaston, two brothers in a circus tightrope act, quarrel over a woman. Ralph stirs up even more tension when he tries to rescue a young female aerialist from the cruelties of her stepfather, the circus' ringmaster.

Dir: Max Reichmann

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

The constant need for money gives Kibis quite a headache. The rent is overdue for seven months and now he is threatened with dismissal. Then one day the brochure "How to get rich and happy" falls into his hands.

Dir: Max Reichmann

A man lives alone in the wilderness for years, practically becoming an animal in his mind. When he comes across humans again, they believe him to be a yeti.

Dir: Max Reichmann

Riccardo and his troupe travel around the world performing musical and dance numbers in vaudevillian and circus theaters. Dancer Kitty is so impressed when she hears him sing that she asks to enter the company, but is turned down by Riccardo. Then in the middle of a number at the Winter Garten she pops in and the audience loves it. Now she will try to win Riccardo's heart, although he has a secret from his past that might be an obstacle.