Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke. Lorre made his powerful screen debut as a child murderer hunted by the authorities and the underworld. Bonus features include audio commentary by German film scholars... more
Julian West, Maurice Schultz, Rena Mandel. Carl Theodor Dreyer's stunning camera work and unsettling imagery are at masterful work here in this classic horror flick. Relive the adventures of a... more
This heartrending masterpiece by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu) about the give-and-take between life and art marked the director's first use of the hypnotic long takes and eloquent camera movements that... more
Michel Simon, Janie Marese, Georges Flamant. A depressed painter becomes hopelessly obsessed with a prostitute who, to anyone else's eyes, is obviously playing him for a fool. Directed by Jean... more
Fanfare d'amour follows Jean Rameau (Fernand Gravey) and Pierre Dupont (Julien Carette), two out-of-work musicians in search of stable employment who eventually set their sights on the female-led... more
Having holed up in a seedy Paris boardinghouse, frustrated young lovers Renée (Annabella) and Pierre (Jean-Pierre Aumont) botch their suicide pact-and pimp resident Edmond (Louis Jouvet) advises... more
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG) represents an astonishing confluence of talent an early collaboration by a group of German filmmakers who would all go on to become major Hollywood players,... more
Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings. Deitrich is at her seductive best as the nightclub singer Lola-Lola who destroys a repressed schoolteacher. The movie marked the beginning of the legendary... more
Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Ernst Busch. German and French workers put aside national grudges to save French miners who become trapped in a mine on the border after a freak accident. Includes... more
Seeing no point in going on but lacking the nerve for suicide, put-upon Hans Herfort (Heinz Rühmann) hired a thug to do away with him when he least expected it. Not long after, however, love entered... more
In 1934, Jean Renoir stepped off the soundstage and headed to the South of France, where he captured vivid human drama amid the bucolic splendor and everyday social rituals of the countryside. Based... more
Renate Muller, Hermann Thimig. In this electric musical romance, an aspiring young actress who can't find meaningful work teams up with a down-on-his-luck thespian and dresses in drag to find success... more
The warmth and wit of celebrated playwright turned cinema auteur Marcel Pagnol shine in this enchanting slice-of-life comedy. Returning to the Provencal countryside he knew intimately, Pagnol draws a... more
Her marriage to an abusive thug ended by widowhood, Evelyn Morin (Edwige Feuillère) now had to dance in a sleazy nightclub in order to provide for her young son. A chance encounter with long-ago... more
Though living in a squalid Berlin boardinghouse, salesman Peter (Aribert Mog) and his fiancée Hella (Brigitte Horney) were happy with one another. However, when he gets an opportunity in Dresden-and... more
Jean Gabin, Michele Morgan, Michel Simon. Jean, an army deserter, decides finally to turn his life around after somone shows him an act of kindess and also one of revenge in this screen adaptation of... more
Abel Gance's long-lost doomsday thriller is seen here in a truncated "roadshow" version that played American theaters in 1934. The story focuses on an astronomer who discovers that a comet heading... more
Respected airman Elissen (Hans Albers) finagled agreement from aviation heiress Claire Lennartz (Sybille Schmitz) to execute the visionary design of his engineer buddy Droste (Paul Hartmann) for an... more
Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda, Hedy Krilla, Hertha Thiele. In this historic film for queer cinema, an introverted girl falls for her sympathetic teacher at a very strict boarding school. Directed by... more
Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Louis Jouvet. From the master director of Rules of the Game comes this rediscovered historical epic that views the French revolution from the perspective of the King,... more
Young salesman Peter Frank (Heinz Rühmann) couldn't believe his luck when he stood to inherit his late uncle's prosperous champagne vineyard lock, stock, and barrel. Unfortunately, the will came with... more
The game is afoot when two unemployed sleuths dress themselves up as Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective and Dr. Watson in order to gain some publicity. When the pair stumbles upon an actual... more
Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty. The assistant to a jeweler is lured into a half-baked robbery scheme by two seductive young women. In French with English subtitles. Directed by Maurice Lehmann.... more
Hans Albers, Brigitte Helm, Michael Bohnen. A brilliant German scientist must make a deal with a shady, domineering businessman in order to fund his controversial experiment to turn common lead into... more