Ladislaus Vajda
Ladislaus Vajda (also László Vajda; born Lipót Weisz; 18 August 1877 – 10 March 1933) was a Hungarian screenwriter. He wrote for 40 films in Hungary, Austria and Germany between 1916 and 1932. He was born in Eger, Northern Hungary and died in Berlin, Germany. He was the father... Read full bio →
L'opéra de quat'sous
The French-language version of the The Threepenny Opera with a different crew from the german version.
Kameradschaft
Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.
Die 3 Groschen-Oper
In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'.
Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie
A group of German solders face terror and despair and fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü
A man climbs a 12,000-foot mountain to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.
Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt
After a chance meeting at a train station, Henry and Stascha, unhappy with their circumstances, are determined to leave and be together.
Die Büchse der Pandora
Die Büchse der Pandora, meaning Pandora’s Box, is a classic German silent film from director Pabst. This is the third film about the Lulu-Stoffes character from Frank Wedekind and is deemed a masterpiece.
Abwege
Brigitte Helm (Metropolis) stars as a woman neglected by her self-absorbed husband who begins to mix with a questionable crowd in a trendy nightclub. Her encounters eventually lead to disastrous results.
Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney
In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns to Paris where she works for her uncle. Soon after, her lover Andreas is in France to organize the sailors in Toulon. So also is a thief, traitor, and libertine, Khalibiev, who...
Sodom und Gomorrha
Mary loves the artist Harry but becomes engaged with Jackson Harber which drives Harry near suicide. In a parallell story in ancient Syria the queen orders the execution of a young gold smith.
Az aranyember
Faithful to his word, Michael Tímar, captain of the St. Barbara, becomes the guardian of Kondya, daughter of a Turkish aristocrat on the run. Later, he weds the grateful young Turkish girl whom he saved from the waters of the Danube.