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1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,156
2. Jud Süß (1940)
98 min | Drama
Infamous anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Werner Krauss
Votes: 3,371
3. Tartuffe (1925)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Votes: 2,714
4. Waxworks (1924)
Not Rated | 107 min | Fantasy, Horror
A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
Directors: Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni | Stars: Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle
Votes: 2,314
5. The Joyless Street (1925)
125 min | Drama
In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Ágnes Eszterházy, Werner Krauss
Votes: 1,721
6. Variety (1925)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward
Votes: 1,408 | Gross: $0.71M
7. Nana (1926)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Romance
When the vivacious and beautiful Nana bombs at the Théâtre des Variétés, she embarks on the life of a courtesan, using her allure and charisma to entice and pleasure men.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Catherine Hessling, Pierre Lestringuez, Jacqueline Forzane, Werner Krauss
Votes: 964
8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A scientist is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Werner Krauss, Ruth Weyher, Ilka Grüning, Jack Trevor
Votes: 808
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 Student of Prague (1926)
110 min | Drama, Horror
For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a ... See full summary »
Director: Henrik Galeen | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta, Fritz Alberti, Ágnes Eszterházy
Votes: 772
11. The Treasure (1923)
80 min | Drama, Romance
In and around a bell maker near Marburg (today Slovenia) people tell the story of a treasure that was hidden during the Turki invasion of 1683, the year the Turkish Army was besieging ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Albert Steinrück, Lucie Mannheim, Ilka Grüning, Werner Krauss
Votes: 343
12. Othello (1922)
TV-PG | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ica von Lenkeffy, Theodor Loos
Votes: 299
13. Shattered (1921)
50 min | Drama
Set during the winter, the story tells the tale of a track checker and his family who live a poverty-stricken life next to a railway line. They receive a telegram announcing the arrival of ... See full summary »
Director: Lupu Pick | Stars: Werner Krauss, Edith Posca, Hermine Straßmann-Witt, Paul Otto
Votes: 285
14. This Ancient Law (1923)
128 min | Drama
Baruch Mayr, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the family tradition and leave the shtetl to become an actor. Due to this behaviour his father ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Henny Porten, Ruth Weyher, Hermann Vallentin, Avrom Morewski
Votes: 272
15. Paracelsus (1943)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Paracelsus is the story of the Renaissance era Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Werner Krauss, Harry Langewisch, Annelies Reinhold, Mathias Wieman
Votes: 243
16. Opium (1919)
112 min | Drama
A Chinese opium dealer takes revenge on Westerners who have corrupted his wife.
Director: Robert Reinert | Stars: Eduard von Winterstein, Sybill Morel, Werner Krauss, Friedrich Kühne
Votes: 157
17. Nathan der Weise (1922)
128 min | Drama, History
One of the main works of the Age of Enlightenment, a powerful plea in favour of tolerance, humanity and freedom of opinion. Set in the age of the crusades, it deals with the relations ... See full summary »
Director: Manfred Noa | Stars: Fritz Greiner, Carl de Vogt, Lia Eibenschütz, Werner Krauss
Votes: 152
18. Die Entlassung (1942)
110 min | Drama, History
A sequel to 1940's "Bismarck", Bismarck is dismissed by an under-pressure Wilhelm II. Then the treaty with Russia is in peril as the leader is left with the dilemma of who could complete Bismarck's work.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Emil Jannings, Margarete Schön, Christian Kayßler, Theodor Loos
Votes: 106
19. Crown of Thorns (1923)
102 min | Drama
By the director of Cabinet of Dr.Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison ... See full synopsis »
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Gregori Chmara, Henny Porten, Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss
Votes: 98
20. Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The young country doctor Dr. Robert Koch is desperate seeking a cure for a tuberculosis epidemic costing many children in his district life.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko, Raimund Schelcher
Votes: 97
21. Burg Theatre (1936)
122 min | Drama
Friedrich Mitterer is the eccentric and basically socio-phobic star of the Viennese Burg Theater. His prompter takes care of his social interactions. When Mitterer meets the young Leni he relies on the prompter to establish contact.
Director: Willi Forst | Stars: Werner Krauss, Hortense Raky, Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser
Votes: 86
22. Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1916)
67 min | Fantasy
Characteristic for Hoffmann's work is his life-long fight against rationalism and for the revelation of nature morte, culminating mostly in carnival-like scenes anticipating literary techniques
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Kurt Wolowsky, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Max Ruhbeck, Paula Ronay
Votes: 58
23. Looping the Loop (1928)
Passed | 123 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Botto, a world-famous circus clown, is negative towards females, because a beautiful woman he once loved laughed at him for his job at the circus. André, a young artist, is Botto's opposite... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Robison | Stars: Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo, Warwick Ward, Gina Manès
Votes: 56
24. Danton (1921)
60 min | Drama
The true story of the conflict between Danton and Robespierre, the leaders of the French Revolution.
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Osip Runich, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 49
25. Napoleon auf St. Helena (1929)
100 min | Drama, History
Napoleon is sentenced to exile on the prison island.
Director: Lupu Pick | Stars: Werner Krauss, Hanna Ralph, Albert Bassermann, Philippe Hériat
Votes: 46
26. Annelie (1941)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A Berlin woman grows up in the wake of Prussia's victory over France in 1870 and lives to see her grandchildren participating in the military successes of Germany under Hitler.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Werner Krauss, Käthe Haack, Karl Ludwig Diehl
Votes: 45
27. Lady Hamilton (1921)
Drama, History
The dramatic story of Lady Hamilton's rise and fall in European society during the 1700s and early 1800s, including the romantic love story with Lord Nelson.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 43
28. Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1923)
128 min | Drama
The Venetian merchant Antonio is in a difficult financial situation. To help his friend Bassanio, who is campaigning for the heiress Portia, he goes, although in mutual disgust, to the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Paul Felner | Stars: Werner Krauss, Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke, Carl Ebert
Votes: 40
29. Die Hose (1927)
Comedy
Director: Hans Behrendt | Stars: Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo, Rudolf Forster, Christian Bummerstaedt
Votes: 39
30. Sohn ohne Heimat (1955)
98 min | Drama
Director: Hans Deppe | Stars: Werner Krauss, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Josefin Kipper, Eva Probst
Votes: 32
31. The Falling Star (1950)
108 min | Drama
A woman with a troubled past connects with two refugees while working at a homeless camp after World War II.
Director: Harald Braun | Stars: Werner Krauss, Dieter Borsche, Gisela Uhlen, Paul Dahlke
Votes: 29
32. The Dance of Death (1919)
84 min | Horror
In this apparently lost film, a beautiful dancer's sexual allure is used by an evil cripple to entice men to their deaths. Falling in love with one of the potential victims, she is told by ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Rippert | Stars: Karl Bernhard, Arnold Czempin, Fred Goebel, Sascha Gura
Votes: 28
33. Eifersucht (1925)
58 min | Drama
A couple are at the theatre with a playwright friend. At the end of the play the jealous husband strangles his wife to death. When the play ends, the man talks to his friend about such a ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Grune | Stars: Lya De Putti, Werner Krauss, Georg Alexander, Angelo Ferrari
Votes: 28
34. Nächte des Grauens (1917)
56 min | Drama, Horror
An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist.
Directors: Richard Oswald, Arthur Robison | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Lorenz Köhler, Hans Mierendorff
Votes: 25
35. Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1918)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Erna Morena, Reinhold Schünzel, Werner Krauss, Paul Rehkopf
Votes: 25
36. Die Brüder Karamasoff (1920)
70 min | Drama
Directors: Carl Froelich, Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Bernhard Goetzke, Emil Jannings, Hermann Thimig
Votes: 25
37. Hundert Tage (1935)
90 min | Drama
On February 26, 1815 Napoleon leaves his exile on Elba. He is marching with 1 000 men towards Paris to rebel against the conditions imposed by the Congress of Vienna.
Director: Franz Wenzler | Stars: Werner Krauss, Gustaf Gründgens, Kurt Junker, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 23
38. Yorck (1931)
102 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to join Napoleon in his invason of Russia.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim, Rudolf Forster, Gustaf Gründgens
Votes: 20
39. Der Film im Film (1925)
Documentary
An educational film about the technological and artistic development of cinematography.
Director: Friedrich Porges | Stars: Ernst Deutsch, Ewald André Dupont, Richard Eichberg, Maria Jacobini
Votes: 19
40. Mazeppa, der Volksheld der Ukraine (1919)
85 min | Drama
Director: Martin Berger | Stars: Alfred Beierle, Max Gülstorff, Rudolf Hofbauer, Ernst Keppler
Votes: 19
41. Kreuzzug des Weibes (1926)
Drama
Director: Martin Berger | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Maly Delschaft, Harry Liedtke, Werner Krauss
Votes: 18
42. Prämien auf den Tod (1950)
78 min | Crime
Director: Curd Jürgens | Stars: Judith Holzmeister, Werner Krauss, Siegfried Breuer, Felix Steinboeck
Votes: 18
43. 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
44. Prostitution (1919)
121 min | Drama
A scholar defends prostitution before the World Court.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Fritz Beckmann, Anita Berber, Gussy Holl, Conrad Veidt
Votes: 16
45. Mensch ohne Namen (1932)
87 min | Drama
After being seriously wounded in WW1, Heinrich Martin's memory was wiped out for years: he neither knew his name nor what kind of life he led. Now, suddenly, everything has come back to him.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Werner Krauss, Helene Thimig, Mathias Wieman, Hertha Thiele
Votes: 16
46. Fräulein Raffke (1923)
104 min
Emil Raffke (Werner Krauss) is a newly rich industrialist who arrogantly revels in his wealth. While at the seaside with his family, Raffke and his daughter Lilli (Lee Parry) attract the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Werner Krauss, Lydia Potechina, Lee Parry, Harry Hardt
Votes: 15
47. Alt Heidelberg (1923)
Drama, Romance
Prince Karl Heinz enjoys his carefree life as a student in Heidelberg. He falls in love with the beautiful Käthe and everything is fine and dandy till his father is reported very ill.
Director: Hans Behrendt | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Eva May, Werner Krauss, Eugen Burg
Votes: 15
48. Superfluous People (1926)
Director: Aleksandr Razumnyj | Stars: Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay, Heinrich George, Albert Steinrück
Votes: 15
49. Decameron Nights (1924)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke, Werner Krauss, Bernhard Goetzke
Votes: 14
50. Christian Wahnschaffe, 2. Teil - Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker (1921)
Drama
A wealthy industrialist's son who dabbles in radical politics in the Weimar era meets up with a pimp while slumming in a miserable working class rooming house.
Director: Urban Gad | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Rose Müller, Werner Krauss, Esther Hagan
Votes: 14