Gertrud de Lalsky

The Love Waltz

Wilhelm Thiele

Lilian Harvey, Georg Alexander

Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).

Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang

Arzén von Cserépy

Otto Gebühr, Albert Steinrück

Directed by Arzén von Cserépy.

Mädchen in Uniform

Leontine Sagan

Emilia Unda, Dorothea Wieck

A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films to explicitly portray homosexuality. Based on "Gestern und Heute" by German playwright Christa Winsloe.

Fridericus Rex - 3. Teil: Sanssouci

Arzén von Cserépy

Otto Gebühr, Erna Morena

Sklaven fremden Willens

Richard Eichberg

Lee Parry, Gertrud de Lalsky

When doctors fail to cure the young and beautiful Claire Raven, who for inexplicable reasons seems to have fallen under a spell, Professor Mors, an expert in the field of hypnosis, is called in to help.

Heimat

Carl Froelich

Zarah Leander, Ruth Hellberg

In 1885, famous New York Metropolitan Opera singer Maddalena dall' Orto is scheduled to perform at a festival in the German residence of Ilmingen. It soon becomes obvious that she is non other than Magda von Schwartze, who left the town eight years ago against her father's wishes to become a singer.

Geschminkte Jugend

Carl Boese

Toni van Eyck, Olga Limburg

Based on the real life events of the 1927 Steglitzer Schülertragödie, in which several high school students planned murder-suicides.

Mädchen am Kreuz

Luise Fleck, Jakob Fleck

Fritz Odemar, Valerie Boothby

The young student Mary spends the beginning of her holiday with boat trips, visits to her wealthy groom, and gardening. In fast-paced, rhythmic cuts, Louise and Jakob Fleck draw their audience into a carefree, urban romantic comedy. With a single scene, however, it turns into a melodrama about sexual violence, shame and perpetrator-victim reversal.

Die blonde Christl

Franz Seitz

Karin Hardt, Theodor Loos

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Der Blaufuchs

Viktor Tourjansky

Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel

Ilona, the bored wife of an easily distracted professor, falls in love with his friend Tibor, a world-traveler and ladykiller. Although she pursues him, he declines to take advantage of the situation, because she's married to his best friend. Only after her husband shows an interest in a co-worker is it possible for a happy ending to take place for the two new couples.

Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh

Max Obal

Ernst Reicher, Gertrud de Lalsky

Der Demütige und die Tänzerin

E.A. Dupont

Lil Dagover, Gertrud de Lalsky

Toni wants to become an opera-singer. Her mother was once simple chanteuse. Toni marries the brutal industrialist Liesegang. An Italian doctor falls in love with Toni. He want's to see Liesegang dead.