The Golem (1920)
Nov 12, 2002Artificial Creature of Clay
Classic silent film from the German Expressionist period in which a rabbi brings to life a creature made of clay (played by Paul Wegener), which then proceeds to go amok
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Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924)
Sep 5, 2004Teutonic Legend
The second part of Die Niebelungen, Fritz Lang's silent film about the Germanic hero Siegfried in which Siegfried's widow Kriemhild takes an epic revenge for the murder of her husband
Siegfried (1924)
Apr 19, 2009Epic Heroic Legend
The first of a two-part silent Fritz Lang film based on the Teutonic legend. Lang directs with an epic visual majesty that rivals today's Lord of the Rings films
Faust (1926)
Jul 4, 2000Pact with the Devil
F.W. Murnau's version of the classic tale of an aging scholar selling his soul to the Devil for youth and love is one of the most fabulous pieces of pure cinema to come out of the German Expressionist era
Metropolis (1927)
Dec 3, 2011Dystopia/Social Revolution/Mad Scientist/Android Temptress
Fritz Lang’s visionary work was something way ahead of it time and is one of the few silent films still screened today. The film’s politics are naive but Lang’s visions of the city of the future and the first screen robot are vivid.
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Dec 20, 2000Expedition to the Moon
A silent film from Fritz Lang where he sets out to depict a realistic attempt (at least in terms of what was known in the era) to build and launch a rocket to The Moon. Lang directs with an epic grandeur that still takes back today.
Gold (1934)
Jul 7, 2016Discovery of a Process to Turn Lead Into Gold
A work from the great era of German Expressionism. This concerns an engineering process that can turn lead to gold and contains some amazing effects, as well as Brigitte Helm from Metropolis as a seductress
Münchausen (1943)
Jan 31, 2010World's Greatest Liar's Adventures
Fascinating, epically sized versions of the adventures of Baron Münchausen produced by the Nazis