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1. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,958 | Gross: $1.24M
2. Jud Süß (1940)
98 min | Drama
Infamous anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Werner Krauss
Votes: 3,372
3. Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933)
87 min | Drama
In the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic, a poor Berlin youth is torn between loyalty to his unemployed Communist father and his ever-growing fascination of the Hitler Youth movement.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Heinrich George, Berta Drews, Jürgen Ohlsen, Hermann Speelmans
Votes: 1,823
4. Burning Hearts (1945)
111 min | Drama, History, Romance
During Napoleon's German campaign, the city of Kolberg is isolated from Prussian forces. Residents organize resistance against the French army besieging and bombarding the city, refusing to surrender.
Directors: Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Horst Caspar, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 759
5. Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.
Director: Phil Jutzi | Stars: Heinrich George, Maria Bard, Margarete Schlegel, Bernhard Minetti
Votes: 788
6. Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
75 min | Drama, History, War
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Liane Haid, Albert Bassermann, Paul Wegener
Votes: 115
7. Der Postmeister (1940)
92 min | Drama
A troubled father, working as a postmaster in province, worries about his daughter taken to the capital by a rich officer.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Heinrich George, Hilde Krahl, Siegfried Breuer, Hans Holt
Votes: 217
8. Schmutziges Geld (1928)
94 min | Drama
After committing a murder for his lover, Gloria, the famous painter Jack is forced to go underground. In the harbor district, he saves the poor Malaysian girl Song in front of two intrusive... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Anna May Wong, Heinrich George, Mary Kid, Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Votes: 43
9. The Immortal Heart (1939)
107 min | Drama, History
Biography of Paul Henlein, the man who invented the pocket watch.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Wegener, Raimund Schelcher
Votes: 75
10. She (1925)
98 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In Africa an explorer is the reincarnated lover of the 2,000-year-old White Queen.
Directors: Leander De Cordova, G.B. Samuelson | Stars: Betty Blythe, Carlyle Blackwell, Mary Odette, Tom Reynolds
Votes: 168
11. Earth Spirit (1923)
69 min
Dr. Schön marries a lower class girl, Lulu. Young and voluptuous she attracts the attention of the all the male gender, but the doctor will not let her go. After Lulu shoots the doctor, his son has to make a serious decision.
Director: Leopold Jessner | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Albert Bassermann, Carl Ebert, Gustav Rickelt
Votes: 92
12. Life Goes On (1945)
Drama, War
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Gustav Knuth, Hilde Krahl, Lina Lossen, Marianne Hoppe
Votes: 31
13. Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler (1929)
124 min | Drama
A Parisian playboy living beyond his means falls in love with a beautiful society woman fleeing her husband. He turns to robbing and swindling the wealthy to pay for their lavish lifestyle but his past finally catches up with him.
Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Brigitte Helm, Heinrich George, Dita Parlo
Votes: 65
14. Man by the Roadside (1923)
60 min | Drama
Schuster, regarded as the village idiot, offers a lost, wandering stranger food and shelter for the night. The stranger leaves without thanking him. Schuster's luck changes. He is no longer... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Alexander Granach, Emilia Unda, William Dieterle, Heinrich George
Votes: 29
15. Pillars of Society (1935)
85 min | Drama
The prosperity and career of a Norwegian ship builder who has founded the town's hospital are revealed by an innocent wanderer to have been based on deceit and corruption, in this theatrical adaptation.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Heinrich George, Maria Krahn, Horst Teetzmann, Albrecht Schoenhals
Votes: 146
16. An Enemy of the People (1937)
102 min | Drama
Dr. Stockmann discovers that the mineral spring in the spa is polluted by toxic waste. But the affair is hushed because the thriving economy of the resort is in danger. To silence him Stockmann is declared an enemy of the people.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Heinrich George, Herbert Hübner, Franziska Kinz, Carsta Löck
Votes: 23
17. Der Andere (1930)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy, Heinrich George, Hermine Sterler
Votes: 40
18. Sensationsprozess Casilla (1939)
109 min | Crime, Drama
Peter Roland wanted for kidnapping and murder meets star advocate Caesar J. Vandergrift during a flight that he manages to a secure landing . In turn Vandergrift promises to take over his case during Peters trial in New York.
Director: Eduard von Borsody | Stars: Heinrich George, Jutta Freybe, Albert Hehn, Dagny Servaes
Votes: 53
19. Lady Hamilton (1921)
Drama, History
The dramatic story of Lady Hamilton's rise and fall in European society during the 1700s and early 1800s, including the romantic love story with Lord Nelson.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 43
20. Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944)
89 min | Crime, Drama
To defend an innocent man accused of murder, a lawyer has to turn detective and find the real criminal.
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Heinrich George, Carla Rust, Rudolf Fernau, Margit Symo
Votes: 31
21. Der große Schatten (1942)
95 min | Drama
During the rehearsals for their new play, Robert Jürgensen (Will Quadflieg) and his wife Gisela Ahrens (Heidemarie Hatheyer) recognize their former theater manager Conrad Schroeter (... See full summary »
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Heinrich George, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Will Quadflieg, Marina von Ditmar
Votes: 25
22. 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
23. Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies (1940)
102 min | Drama
Friedrich Schiller - The triumph of a genius.
Director: Herbert Maisch | Stars: Heinrich George, Lil Dagover, Horst Caspar, Friedrich Kayßler
Votes: 89
24. Menschen hinter Gittern (1931)
109 min | Drama
German-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Heinrich George in Wallace Beery's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use.
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Heinrich George, Gustav Diessl, Egon von Jordan, Anton Pointner
Votes: 23
25. Magda (1938)
98 min | Drama
1885. For the opera festival it has organized, the small town of Imlingen has invited a famous singer, Maddalena Dall'Orto, who will not only sing at the local opera but will also perform ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Zarah Leander, Heinrich George, Ruth Hellberg, Lina Carstens
Votes: 156
26. Das Mädchen Johanna (1935)
87 min | Biography, Drama, History
The recount of the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc of the 15th century tinted to the presence of the National Socialist ideology.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Angela Salloker, Gustaf Gründgens, Heinrich George, René Deltgen
Votes: 105
27. Stjenka Rasin (1936)
90 min | Drama
Russia, 1667: The Cossacks, led by Rasin, are ill-treated by Prince Dolgoruki who arrests and sentences Rasin to forced labor on the ship that brings the Prince and his daughter to her arranged wedding. But the Princess falls for Rasin.
Director: Alexandre Volkoff | Stars: Wera Engels, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Heinrich George, Anton Pointner
Votes: 10
28. Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931)
93 min | Drama
The Marquis de Sévigné is put in a difficult position when he falls for the lovely Lady Falkland, a married woman whose husband, the strict Lord Falkland, subjects her to constant abuse.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo, Heinrich George, Friedl Haerlin
Votes: 57
29. The Stars Shine (1938)
80 min | Musical
A young secretary quits her job and goes to Berlin to try to be a film star. She enters Gloria Films as an extra, there many German and foreign film stars appear as pictures in process are ... See full summary »
Director: Hans H. Zerlett | Stars: La Jana, Vera Bergman, Carla Rust, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Votes: 63
30. The Private's Job (1937)
82 min | Drama, War
During the Great War, German soldiers are persuaded to die heroically in order to take a French village held by the British.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Heinrich George, Paul Otto, Mathias Wieman, Ernst Karchow
Votes: 50
31. Wrath of the Seas (1926)
97 min | Adventure
During the WWI Battle of Jutland in ,2 navy commanders from England and Germany who had been friends line up against each other.The German commander's wife becomes involved with a subordinate officer and later with the English commander.
Directors: Graham Hewett, Manfred Noa | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Ágnes Eszterházy, Nils Asther, Heinrich George
Votes: 19
32. Die Leibeigenen (1928)
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Heinrich George, Mona Maris, Maria Reisenhofer, Harry Halm
Votes: 8
33. The Dreyfus Case (1930)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Heinrich George, Albert Bassermann, Grete Mosheim
Votes: 67
34. The Love Storm (1930)
85 min | Drama
This is the German-language version of the British film The Love Storm (1931).
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner, Tala Birell, Heinrich George
35. The Beaver Coat (1937)
98 min
Adaptation of a turn of the century play: A pompous baron brags that he will eradicate a nest of poachers, but goes after harmless free thinkers instead.
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Heinrich George, Ida Wüst, Rotraut Richter, Sabine Peters
Votes: 18
36. Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931)
82 min | Comedy, Music
Austrian reporter Paul visits the MGM Studio backlot and records his interviews with Buster Keaton, Joan Crawford etc. For a German radio program. Adolphe Menjou even rehearses and performs a lengthy sketch in German.
Director: Frank Reicher | Stars: Paul Morgan, Buster Keaton, Ramon Novarro, Nora Gregor
Votes: 166
37. The Growing Youth (1933)
115 min | Drama
Emotional upheavals transpire when three girls enter a boys' school, to study for an important exam: a teacher and a student both fall in love with one of them.
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Heinrich George, Peter Voß, Hertha Thiele, Marieluise Claudius
Votes: 20
38. Wien 1910 (1943)
92 min | Biography, Drama
One of a series of biography films from WWII Germany, this about early 20th century Austrian politician Karl Lueger, who helped modernize Vienna but whose Christian Social party ,espousing anti Semitism, inspired a young Adolf Hitler.
Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Rudolf Forster, Heinrich George, Lil Dagover, Carl Kuhlmann
Votes: 22
39. Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935)
106 min | Drama
Seven men in peaceful Switzerland swear lifelong friendship, while the rest of the world is at strife, though a conflict arises when the daughter of one (a rich trader) falls in love with the son of another (a lowly tailor).
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Heinrich George, Karin Hardt, Paul Henckels, Lotte Spira
Votes: 15
40. Andreas Schlüter (1942)
111 min | Drama, History
Director: Herbert Maisch | Stars: Valy Arnheim, Paul Dahlke, Peter Elsholtz, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Votes: 29
41. Schicksal (1942)
92 min | Drama, History, Romance
When the commander of a Bulgarian castle is killed in combat, his steward brings up his two children.
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Heinrich George, Werner Hinz, Christian Kayßler, Heinz Woester
Votes: 23
42. Die Degenhardts (1944)
93 min | Drama
A stuffy old civil servant is forced to retire during World War II, but when his son, a Navy submariner, is lost at sea and his city is heavily bombed by English bombers, his old patriotism... See full summary »
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Heinrich George, Walter Bechmann, Robert Forsch, Herwart Grosse
Votes: 29
43. When the Cock Crows (1936)
90 min
Early morning romantic excursions in a North German village under the thumb of a crusty old mayor.
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Heinrich George, Hans Brausewetter, Marianne Hoppe, Claire Reigbert
44. Goethe lebt...! (1932)
83 min
Director: Eberhard Frowein | Stars: Friedrich Kayßler, Ottilie Hardtmuth, Wolf von Beneckendorff, Frida Richard
45. Theatre (1928)
70 min
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Marcella Albani, Heinrich George, Jean Bradin, Evi Eva
Votes: 7
46. Sprengbagger 1010 (1929)
89 min | Drama
Director: Carl Ludwig Achaz-Duisberg | Stars: Heinrich George, Viola Garden, Ivan Koval-Samborsky, Ilse Stobrawa
Votes: 55
47. Bigamie (1927)
71 min | Drama
Otto Engel has been abandoned by his wife Ada. He gets along well with Elise, the girl living above his workshop. When he finally ask her out to a variety show, he is utterly shocked to see his runaway wife Ada on stage as a dancer.
Director: Jaap Speyer | Stars: Heinrich George, Maria Jacobini, Anita Dorris, Ernö Verebes
Votes: 19
48. Superfluous People (1926)
Director: Aleksandr Razumnyj | Stars: Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay, Heinrich George, Albert Steinrück
Votes: 15
49. The Last Fort (1929)
Drama
Four adventurers fight against the French in Africa, the daughter of the French major tries to free him when he is captured and the enemy lieutenant falls for her for a while.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Rolla Norman, Maria Paudler, Albert Steinrück, Fritz Odemar
50. Der Roman der Christine von Herre (1921)
60 min
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Agnes Straub, Heinrich George, Paul Hartmann, Werner Krauss