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- Kay Hoog finds a message that indicates that some Incas are still alive, but the secret organisation "Die Spinnen" wants the Incas' gold....
- A man leaves his wife alone every evening to gamble and enjoy the nightlife. But one night, when he arrives home, he finds her drinking and smoking languorously next to the butler.
- Kay Hoog wants to stop the organisation "Die Spinnen" to get a certain diamond, that will give the owning woman the crown of Asia, but the man, who should be the owner of that diamond, doesn't know of its existence....
- A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
- In 4 episodic tales of human suffering: the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918, Satan attempts to win God's favor.
- On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
- When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
- Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
- The documentary "No País das Amazonas" begins showing the Indians of Amazonas. Then, it presents the economical activities showing each step in the production line of the incipient local industries, inclusive with the exit of workers from a factory in the end of the working period. The documentary shows also the boats on the river; the fishing of manatee ("peixe-boi") and preparation of the flesh with salt; the rubber trees, the extraction and each step of the preparation until the rubber mattress is ready to be exported; the Brazilian chestnuts, "guarana" and smoke and the insects.
- Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
- A sincere young man leaves his home to win his fortune so he can marry his home town sweetheart.
- A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
- In the Nineteenth Century, in Minas Gerais, the powerful farmer Luiz Roldão promised to his moribund father that his son Jorge would marry Rosita, from the Bento's family, to unite their families through the wedding bonds. However, Jorge loves Lina, the goddaughter of Roldão that lives in the farm. Due to the impossibility of the love with Jorge, Lina decides to leave the farm with her old father, and live in a poor house, becoming very ill. Meanwhile, Roldão's daughter Lili gets engaged of Dr. Carlos, from the Bento's family. Jorge brings Lina back to the farm, and with the support of the local Father Belisário, a great friend of Roldão, she is allowed to marry Jorge.
- "João da Mata" is the most important Brazilian movie of the "Ciclo de Campinas". The story questions the theme of land and Agrarian Reform in Brazil, and shows the landowners (pejoratively called "coronéis" in Portuguese) as brutal and unfair men. Unfortunately this movie is destroyed and there are only fragments. This film was so important that entrepreneurs of Campinas invested lots of money in studios, equipment and experienced professionals, in the first experience of Cinema in Brazil.
- A man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
- Karl Valentin plays a journeyman in a barber shop who prefers to stay in bed than to take care of his (already heavily bearded) customers. When he's at work, he removes boils with hammer, chisel and pincers, turns long-haired men into skin-heads and chops off people's heads.
- Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.
- Princess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.
- This movie is completely destroyed. There is only a fragment with less than 2 minutes with the conclusion. The plot, from literature, is the following: Marina Luz is the daughter of the a fisherman and a laundress. She loves parties, especially Carnival, and she helps her family delivering laundered clothes to the clients. One of them, the wealthy Dr. Helzein, has a crush on Marina. However, in the Carnival party, she plays with the small time crook Alvaro and she loses her virginity on the beach with him. Alvaro vanishes and she gets pregnant, but Dr. Helzein accepts to marry her and have a bastard son. Later, Alvaro returns and claims for his son.
- After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
- A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.
- A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
- An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.
- This movie belongs to the "Ciclo de Recife" ("Recife Cycle") and was destroyed. There are only fragments of the first reel in the "Cinemateca do MAM" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). The beginning of the story shows a young woman being informed by her dying father of a treasure he left for her buried in the woods. Later, this woman helps a man wounded after an assault by a gangster. When he is heeled, he pays a visit to her, and she discloses to him her hidden inheritance. One criminal listens to their conversation... and unfortunately the rest of the movie was destroyed.
- In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.
- A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
- The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.
- Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
- Diotima meets Karl in the mountains where they fall in love and have an affair. When Karl's friend, Vigo, meets her, he mistakenly believes she is in love with him. Karl then believes that she is betraying him with his friend.
- In Recife, Dr. Paulo is an important lawyer that has a daughter, Heloísa, with his paramour and living in the country. A few days before traveling to Europe, Dr. Paulo asks to a close friend to bring Heloísa to Recife. Meanwhile, his bohemian and irresponsible son Helvécio meets Heloísa, and without knowing that she is his sister, he tries to rape her, and she kills him. Heloísa is arrested and goes to trial without any evidence to prove that she self-defended her honor.
- Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
- Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis.
- The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
- Story of an island populated by the weirdest people in the world. Nobody works. Pinduca, arriving from India, where he studied how to be a Fakir, became a magician, and also a crazy man.
- This movie was completely destroyed and there are only three fragments of this film, with less than 30 seconds (total). The movie has a great influence of the North American movies, and the gorgeous Eva Nil plays a kind of female version of "Tom Mix", wearing two colts and protecting the needy people.
- The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
- In Rio de Janeiro, the wasteful Luis Soares is deserted by his father and has no money. Meanwhile, the sugarcane plant owner Mr. Carlos Silva decides to fire the manager of the plant, Pedro Bento, and hire a new one. When Luis sees the advertisement in the newspaper, he is interviewed by Mr. Silva and meets his daughter Anita Silva. Mr. Silva hires Luis and he moves to the countryside to work at the plant. Soon Anita and he fall in love with each other, but the vengeful Pedro sends letters to Mr. Silva telling the affair of his daughter with Luis. Mr. Silva decides to move to the big city with Anita to avoid a scandal. On her birthday, Luis travels with his friend Jorge to meet Anita and give a rose to her. Meanwhile Pedro uses dynamite to blow up the funnel of the plant. When Luis returns, he seeks out Pedro. What will happen next?
- A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.
- Wealthy Arden Stuart is bored in a party. After refusing Tommy Hewlett's marriage proposal, she has her driver drive her to a lonely place, where they make love and return to the party, where she witnesses her chauffeur commit suicide after being fired by her brother. On a rainy day, Arden attends an art exhibition and meets painter and aspiring boxer Packy Cannon. They sail to the South Seas together in his boat, and she falls in love with him. A couple months later, Packy dumps her, brings her back to the city, and heads for China alone. Heartbroken, Arden accepts when Tommy proposes again, and they marry. Three years later, Arden meets Packy again and is torn between love for him and love for her son with Tommy.
- In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Belo Horizonte, the industrial Sampaio lives in a manor house with his stepdaughter Carmen, who has a sort of engagement with Roberto. Sampaio's daughter Neusa, of same age as Carmen, was sent to a metropolis to have a modern education and returns to Belo Horizonte. In the São João party in the country of Acaba-Mundo, promoted by the traditional Marta, Neusa has a one night stand with Roberto. Carmen witnesses their affair and decides to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Cristovão and his cousin Max decides to go to a cabaret in town instead of staying in the party,. They find Carmen and bring her to Marta's property, where she stays with the family and Tufy, Max's younger brother. Along this period, Cristovão falls in love for Carmen, and she has to decide between the love of the unfaithful Roberto and Cristovão.
- The only animal in a zoo, a monkey, escapes its cage, causing a lot of trouble.
- A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.
- Lelita, a rich young lady, is courted by Paulo, her cousin, but she has reason to believe he is also having na affair with Lelita's sister, which causes jealousy trouble, until all becomes clear and true love prevails.
- A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
- A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.
- This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows through images: a) the workers leaving the factory; b) the raise of the rents; c) the "unpleasant" guest, meaning the justice officer that brings the eviction notice; d) the fight of classes of the houses of capitalists and working classes; e) the parks of the working class; f) the houses of the working class, origin of the tuberculosis and the victims; g) the playground of the working class; h) the swimming pool for the working class, ironically called the "Baltic Sea" of the working class; i) the effects of humidity of basement where a family lives, with one member deaf; j) one working class family having dinner while the capitalist baths his dog; k) the eviction notice received from an unemployed family and their eviction.
- A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.
- The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
- A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.
- Three people (Raul Schnoor, Olga Breno and Tatiana Rey) sail aimlessly while remembering their past.