Else Heller

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Asphalt
7.2

Asphalt

Mar 12, 1929

Asphalt
1929 93 min 45 vues
One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love story set in the traffic-strewn Berlin of the late 1920s. Starring the delectable Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Asphalt is a luxuriously produced UFA classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of traffic.
Drama
Fräulein Else
6.3

Fräulein Else

Mar 07, 1929

Fräulein Else
1929 107 min 6 vues
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.
Drama
Lohnbuchhalter Kremke
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Lohnbuchhalter Kremke

Sep 14, 1930

Lohnbuchhalter Kremke
1930 61 min 1 vues
In this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged payroll clerk loses his job due to technological advances and, unable to find another, descends into despair. The film’s director, Marie Harder, was one of only a few women directors of the time and was also the head of the German Social Democratic Film Office. She made only two known films before her accidental death in exile in Mexico in 1936.
Drama
Tropennächte
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Tropennächte

May 27, 1931

Tropennächte
1931 65 min 1 vues
"Tropical Nights" - The young violinist Alma comes to Simbali with an orchestra led by conductor Zangiacoma, hired for a series of performances at the Schomberg hotel. Both the conductor Zangiacomo and Schomberg are obsessed with Alma. One evening, when Alma is, as usual, forced to entertain the guests she meets Mr. Heyst from his island Sourabaya, where he lives in solitude. He takes Alma to his place on the island.
Drama
Cyankali
6.3

Cyankali

May 22, 1930

Cyankali
1930 89 min 3 vues
Drama based on a play by Friedrich Wolf. Hete is pregnant, hoping to have a family with her fiancé Paul. When the factory where she and Paul work sacks all striking workers, she tries to find a legal abortion. But there is only the illegal option - the eponymous cyanide.
Drama
Liebe
6

Liebe

Dec 16, 1928

Liebe
1928 106 min 1 vues
Based on Honore de Balzac’s story of Madame de Langeais. Costume drama about the infamous loves of the countess.
Die letzte Kompagnie
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Die letzte Kompagnie

Mar 14, 1930

Die letzte Kompagnie
1930 79 min 4 vues
Following the Battle of Jena in 1806 as the French armies commanded by Napoleon overrun Prussia, a small detachment of Prussian troops take up position in a windmill and resolve fight to the last man to hold them off for as long as possible. Meanwhile, the windmill owner's daughter chooses to stay and fight alongside them.
Drama
Quatre de l'infanterie
6.7

Quatre de l'infanterie

May 23, 1930

Quatre de l'infanterie
1930 97 min 46 vues
Le film retrace la vie et la mort de quatre fantassins allemands sur le front français lors des derniers mois de la Première Guerre mondiale. Un jeune étudiant s'éprend de la cantinière et en fait sa maîtresse. Il sera tué au moment où son ami Karl, en permission, découvre l'infidélité de sa femme. Revenu au front, Karl et trois de ses compagnons se portent volontaires pour une mission au cours de laquelle il est blessé. Il meurt dans une église transformée en hôpital, tandis qu'à ses côtés un ennemi agonisant lui saisit la main en signe de fraternité.
War