The Man Who Played God

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Runtime

2h 28m

Director

Fritz Lang

Cast

Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

Runtime

1h 17m

Director

Robert Wiene

Cast

Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér

Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, sociopathic scientist who combines the genes of an executed murderer with those of a prostitute. The result is a beautiful young woman n...

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Henrik Galeen

Cast

Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Iván Petrovich

A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Yakov Protazanov

Cast

Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tseretelli

A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.

Runtime

2h 50m

Director

Fritz Lang

Cast

Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Pohl