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1. Zwischen Himmel und Erde (1942)
99 min | Drama
Director: Harald Braun | Stars: Werner Krauss, Gisela Uhlen, Wolfgang Lukschy, Peter Martin Urtel
Votes: 7
2. Zirkus des Lebens (1921)
69 min | Drama
The old weirdo lawyer Hagger will not let his nephew control his money affairs, even though he has become engaged to Senator Hartwich's daughter Elinor. The uncle himself does not have ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Guter | Stars: J.N. Douvan-Tarzow, Emil Heyse, Joseph Klein, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 7
3. 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: 70,128
4. 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
5. Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang (1922)
Drama
Part 1 of a four part series of biographical films about king Friedrich II of Prussia focuses on his early life, his love of music and his father's displeasure with it.
Director: Arzén von Cserépy | Stars: Otto Gebühr, Albert Steinrück, Gertrud de Lalsky, Erna Morena
Votes: 10
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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: 1,407 | Gross: $0.71M
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. Ein Sommernachtstraum (1925)
80 min | Fantasy
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Hans Neumann | Stars: Hans Albers, Charlotte Ander, Theodor Becker, Hans Behrendt
Votes: 10
14. 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
15. Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1918)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Erna Morena, Reinhold Schünzel, Werner Krauss, Paul Rehkopf
Votes: 25
16. 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
17. 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: 1,720
18. 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: 2,713
19. 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
20. 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
21. Luise Millerin (1922)
70 min | Drama
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Lil Dagover, Paul Hartmann, Walter Janssen, Gertrude Welcker
Votes: 12
22. 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
23. 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: 770
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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: 807
27. Kreuzzug des Weibes (1926)
Drama
Director: Martin Berger | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Maly Delschaft, Harry Liedtke, Werner Krauss
Votes: 18
28. 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
29. 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
30. Rose Bernd (1919)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Alfred Halm | Stars: Henny Porten, Alexander Wirth, Emil Jannings, Paul Bildt
Votes: 11
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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: 2,312
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. Die Brüder Karamasoff (1920)
70 min | Drama
Directors: Carl Froelich, Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Bernhard Goetzke, Emil Jannings, Hermann Thimig
Votes: 25
42. Mazeppa, der Volksheld der Ukraine (1919)
85 min | Drama
Director: Martin Berger | Stars: Alfred Beierle, Max Gülstorff, Rudolf Hofbauer, Ernst Keppler
Votes: 19
43. Prämien auf den Tod (1950)
78 min | Crime
Director: Curd Jürgens | Stars: Judith Holzmeister, Werner Krauss, Siegfried Breuer, Felix Steinboeck
Votes: 18
44. 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: 28
45. 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
46. Das Bacchanal des Todes (1917)
Drama
Lona Sarto is a model for the painter Alexander Andrea. The talented artist is in the process of making a painting entitled "The Pierrot". After completing his work, Alexander receives a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Ellen Richter, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Werner Krauss, Victor Janson
Votes: 8
47. 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: 27
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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