The Reckless Age

Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry and a car with a driver. Back home, Lindy flips for Sam and his newfound wealth, and dumps the rival. Sam throws an engagement party w...

Runtime

10m

Cast

James Russell

Else Riedel (Lissy Arna), locked out by her authoritarian father, seeks refuge with her boyfriend Hans. Complications threaten when Hans's roommate Max falls in love with her, but the situation is resolved: the three remain friends, and decide to form a music hall act. They want to ascend, but how? A way out beckons when a theatrical a...

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Gerhard Lamprecht

Cast

Lissy Arna, Gerhard Dammann, Mathias Wieman

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 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

A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.

Runtime

1h 19m

Director

John S. Robertson, Shaw Lovett

Cast

John Barrymore, Charles Lane, Brandon Hurst