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1. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,768 | Gross: $1.24M
2. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Not Rated | 242 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel
Votes: 9,188
3. Mary (1931)
78 min | Mystery, Thriller
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Graetz, Lotte Stein
Votes: 994
4. Congress Dances (1931)
85 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815.
Director: Erik Charell | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt
Votes: 600
5. Mad Love (1921)
82 min | Drama
Richard De La Croix has a brother, Andreas, who has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A man-about-town named Teddy takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Pola Negri, Johannes Riemann, Alfred Abel, Albert Steinrück
Votes: 160
6. Phantom (1922)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance
A shiftless young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman and yearns to find her again.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Alfred Abel, Frida Richard, Aud Egede-Nissen, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Votes: 1,957
7. L'Argent (1928)
195 min | Drama, Romance
The business tycoon Nicolas Saccard is nearly ruined by his rival Gunderman, when he tries to raise capital for his company. To push up the price of his stock, Saccard plans a publicity ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Marie Glory, Pierre Alcover, Yvette Guilbert
Votes: 1,156
8. Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy... See full summary »
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Harry Liedtke, Mady Christians, Robert Scholtz, Alfred Abel
Votes: 979
9. The Burning Soil (1922)
98 min | Drama
When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's secretary. His ... See full summary »
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 781
10. The Burning Secret (1933)
92 min | Drama
A boy and his mother stay in a hotel near a lake where they meet a fascinating man.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Alfred Abel, Hilde Wagener, Hans Joachim Schaufuß, Lucie Höflich
Votes: 131
11. Die Buddenbrooks (1923)
84 min | Drama
Saga of the Buddenbrook family and their business, set in 19th century Germany.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Peter Esser, Mady Christians, Alfred Abel, Hildegard Imhof
Votes: 25
12. Laster der Menschheit (1927)
Drama
Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has died, but years later the daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Meinert | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss, Alfred Abel, Elizza La Porta
Votes: 17
13. Dope (1932)
107 min | Drama
A man returns from South America to Germany and finds his sister has developed a cocaine habit. The drug is having adverse effects on her health, but he has to outsmart the drug pushers ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Gerron | Stars: Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus, Peter Lorre, Lucie Höflich
Votes: 34
14. Die Prinzessin Suwarin (1923)
Drama
Two passenger ships dock in the port of Hamburg. Aboard the one is the Russian princess Suwarin, who has fled from the Bolshevik homeland into German exile, while the millionaire Cyrus ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Guter | Stars: Lil Dagover, Heinrich Schroth, Xenia Desni, Alfred Abel
15. The Flame (1923)
43 min | Short, Drama
In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Hermann Thimig, Alfred Abel, Hilde Woerner
Votes: 55
16. Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers (1929)
58 min | Horror, Thriller
Cagliostro, an Italian adventurer rises through the French aristocracy on account of his magical tricks, medical knowledge and ability to foretell the future. When he falls from grace after... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Hans Stüwe, Renée Héribel, Alfred Abel, Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Votes: 143
17. Jonny stiehlt Europa (1932)
100 min | Comedy
Directors: Harry Piel, Andrew Marton | Stars: Harry Piel, Dary Holm, Alfred Abel, Margarete Sachse
Votes: 24
18. Rasputins Liebesabenteuer (1928)
60 min | Drama, History
Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.
Director: Martin Berger | Stars: Nikolai Malikoff, Diana Karenne, Erwin Kalser, Alexander Murski
Votes: 28
19. Intoxication (1919)
60 min | Drama
Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, Grete Diercks, Rudolf Klein-Rhoden
Votes: 24
20. Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell (1919)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A wealthy lady becomes obsessed with an ermine coat. She finds it at a fashion show, brings it home, falls into a deep sleep where the devil abducts her into the dark underground, takes the fur coat and makes devilish demands.
Director: Rudolf Biebrach | Stars: Henny Porten, Alfred Abel, Ida Perry, Eugen Rex
21. Dolly macht Karriere (1930)
87 min | Musical
Musical vehicle for up and coming Dolly Haas, as a would be actress with a would be composer boyfriend. She sings,at one point, that she has the walk of (Lilian) Harvey, the mouth of Garbo and the legs of Dietrich.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Dolly Haas, Oskar Karlweis, Grete Natzler, Vicky Werckmeister
Votes: 16
22. A Modern Du Barry (1926)
Drama
Made in Germany, set in France and pitched to attract international markets, this frothy drama features Korda's first wife María Corda, star of the Austrian silent screen, as Toinette, a ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: María Corda, Alfred Abel, Friedrich Kayßler, Gyula Szöreghy
Votes: 25
23. Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931)
80 min | Comedy
In the very oldfashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms (the hotel just has five). This event, ... See full summary »
Director: Alexis Granowsky | Stars: Alfred Abel, Peter Lorre, Harald Paulsen, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 130
24. Giftgas (1929)
87 min | Drama
An idealistic young chemist discovers a compound that can be used for the production of an effective deadly poisonous gas. Against his will a chemical factory begins production of the poison gas to increase the value of their shares.
Director: Mikhail Dubson | Stars: Hans Stüwe, Lissy Arna, Alfred Abel, Fritz Kortner
Votes: 18
25. Kampf (1932)
87 min | Drama, Sport
The race car drivers Robert Wenck and Kurt Harder are good friends. They become rivals when it appears that Robert is married to Eva. Eva was the former lover of Kurt Harder. Complications will follow.
Directors: Erich Schönfelder, Haro van Peski | Stars: Manfred von Brauchitsch, Evelyn Holt, Kurt Vespermann, Georg H. Schnell
Votes: 12
26. Seven Slaps (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Alfred Abel, Oskar Sima
Votes: 57
27. Tragödie einer Ehe (1927)
Drama
A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his counsel.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Isobel Elsom, Alfred Abel, Paul Richter, Eduard von Winterstein
28. Menschen untereinander (1926)
108 min | Drama
The "people among us" are Berlin building tenants, a cross section of late 20s society.Among them: a government assessor and his wife,who gives birth while in prison, and a flighty landlady who is swindled by a diamond seller.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Alfred Abel, Aud Egede-Nissen, Eduard Rothauser, Renate Brausewetter
Votes: 71
29. Strauss, the Waltz King (1928)
Drama
The relationship between Austrian father and son composers: Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II.
Director: Conrad Wiene | Stars: Alfred Abel, Hermine Sterler, Imre Ráday, Willy Schmieder
30. The Gala Performance (1932)
80 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Director: Frederic Zelnik | Stars: Alfred Abel, Reinhold Bernt, Leonard Steckel, Karl Harbacher
Votes: 44
31. Grausige Nächte (1921)
83 min
The young Evelyne lives with a man, her fiancee Frank, with whom she has a child. But her fiancee is a rundown drunk constantly hanging over the bottle. Evelyne wants to leave Frank.
Director: Lupu Pick | Stars: Edith Posca, Alfred Abel, Arnold Korff, Adele Sandrock
Votes: 12
32. Maria, die Magd (1936)
88 min | Drama
An actress and her lawyer husband are so busy that their maid becomes the real mother to their six year old boy and at one point causes consternation by taking the child away to her home village.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Hilde Körber, Hilde Hildebrand, Alfred Abel, Hans Schlenck
Votes: 8
33. Lola Montez (1918)
Drama
Dancer Lola Montez is the star of Madrid's theaters. All the important men are after her, among them the English ambassador. But the leader of the "Carlist - Movement", a gang of desperados... See full summary »
Director: Robert Heymann | Stars: Alfred Abel, Leopoldine Konstantin, Helga Lassen, Bodo Serp
34. Narkose (1929)
Drama
Director: Alfred Abel | Stars: Renée Héribel, Jack Trevor, Alfred Abel, Fritz Alberti
Votes: 16
35. Salon Dora Green (1933)
78 min
A cabaret dancer loves a German engineer and helps save his vital drawings of ship designs from falling into the hands of foreign plotters.
Director: Henrik Galeen | Stars: Mady Christians, Paul Hartmann, Leonard Steckel, Alfred Abel
Votes: 8
36. The Art of Love (1928)
70 min | Drama
Director: Robert Land | Stars: Hermann Böttcher, Walter Rilla, Georg Alexander, Carmen Boni
Votes: 20
37. Wege zur guten Ehe (1933)
81 min | Comedy
Director: Adolf Trotz | Stars: Olga Tschechowa, Alfred Abel, Hilde Hildebrand, Theodor Loos
38. 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand (1931)
112 min | Drama
Dramatization of the lead up to the First World War blames Czarist Russia rather than Wilhelmine Germany for precipitating "the burning of the world."
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach, Wolfgang von Schwindt, Robert Hartberg
Votes: 41
39. A Venetian Night (1914)
52 min
Venice, what emotions it awakens in the Young Stranger as he reads about it in his book. He decides to pay this beautiful city a visit. Upon his arrival, he walks from the railroad station ... See full summary »
Director: Max Reinhardt | Stars: Maria Carmi, Joseph Klein, Alfred Abel, Ernst Matray
Votes: 40
40. Ehe in Not (1929)
91 min
A troubled marriage leads the man to a younger woman. The wife finds out and the husband suggest a divorce. But they have a child and the wife is not ready to break up their marriage.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Elga Brink, Walter Rilla, Evelyn Holt, Hanna Maron
41. Die Geächteten (1919)
107 min | Crime, Drama
The disappearance of a little girl ignites rumors of ritual murder which leads to a series of attacks against the Jews. A young student tries to protect them but the forces of superstition and hate are too strong.
Director: Joseph Delmont | Stars: Alfred Abel, Sybill Morel, Rita Clermont, Leonhard Haskel
42. Das Hofkonzert (1936)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
To Immendingen Principality travels Christine Holm, daughter of a singer, to find her unknown father. The Prince is awaiting a replacement singer for the annual concert. Chistine meets ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, Kurt Meisel, Herbert Hübner
Votes: 238
43. Das Einmaleins der Liebe (1935)
96 min | Comedy
Identities are changed in the Austrian countryside. A simple woman does this to test the affections of a store manager, he too changes character several times and there are other locals who do this as well.
Director: Carl Hoffmann | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Paul Hörbiger, Lee Parry, Theo Lingen
Votes: 21
44. Millionäre (1937)
82 min
Director: Karl Heinz Martin | Stars: Alfred Abel, Friedl Czepa, Rudolf Carl, Annie Rosar
45. Das schöne Abenteuer (1932)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run away together. They stay with her aged ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Käthe von Nagy, Wolf Albach-Retty, Alfred Abel, Ida Wüst
Votes: 16
46. Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden (1916)
Director: Fern Andra | Stars: Fern Andra, Alfred Abel, Marie von Buelow, Anna von Palen
47. Ernst ist das Leben (1916)
Fany, the daughter of a florist, is engaged to Fritz, an engineer. Then, Fany gets discovered as a dancer and trains as a ballerina. One night during a performance, there is a fire, and ... See full summary »
Director: Fern Andra | Stars: Fern Andra, Alfred Abel, Frida Richard, Fritz Delius
48. Viktoria (1935)
91 min | Drama
From a melodramatic novel by Hamsun: a country girl, engaged for economic reasons to a rich cousin, really loves a sensitive writer of poetry, who rejects her for another.
Director: Carl Hoffmann | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Mathias Wieman, Alfred Abel, Erna Morena
Votes: 13
49. Viennese Waltz (1932)
103 min
Director: Conrad Wiene | Stars: Michael Bohnen, Lee Parry, Paul Hörbiger, Gretl Theimer
Votes: 6
50. Mensch gegen Mensch (1924)
The bank employee Coupot and his girlfriend Juliette partner with the industrialist van Kamp. Because of this they lose their jobs. Coupot is so angry that he joins a secret club called "... See full summary »
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Alfred Abel, Olga Belajeff, Tullio Carminati, Mady Christians