A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.
A gay art student is accused of causing the death of the renowned painter who secretly loved him.
A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
A woman accompanies her husband to a party. Both leave with other partners.
Theodor Shall is cast as handsome Lieutenant Kovacs, the sweetheart of the lovely Princess Olympia. When the princess' snooty mother breaks up the romance, the embittered Kovacs threatens to tell the world that he has "ruined" the girl (not true!), making her unfit for marriage. To ensure his silence, the Lieutenant is promised a night alone with Olympia, just before the wedding. It is at this point that Kovacs proves he's a gentleman after all by marrying the Princess, which is what he intended to do all along.
Girl dressed up as a boy falls in love with a painter.
"Lights of the Abyss". Anita Berber enchants men and women as the seductive goddess Astarte.
Silent horror film directed by Julius Herska and starring Franz Höbling, Nora Gregor and Lucienne Delacroix. It is an adaptation of the 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo.
The Girl with a Patron (German: Das Mädchen mit der Protektion) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Max Mack and starring Ossi Oswalda, Willy Fritsch, and Nora Gregor. It was one of a number of popular comedies released by UFA during the era alongside its more prestigious art films.
Alternate language version of "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929). Has Mary Dugan stabbed her rich sugar daddy, Edgar Rice, to death? The evidence is overwhelming, no reasonable doubt seems possible, the trial should be a formality. But suddenly a young man raises his voice, introducing himself as Jim, Mary's brother. With his sister's financial assistance he has studied law; but never before has he practiced his job inside of a court room.