With Nero-Film AG (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 151,997 | Gross: $0.03M
2. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 12,203
3. Pandora's Box (1929)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Votes: 10,463 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Westfront 1918 (1930)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Romance, War
A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Möbis, Claus Clausen
Votes: 1,962
5. The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 2,203
6. Comradeship (1931)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Ernst Busch, Elisabeth Wendt
Votes: 1,458
7. Sex in Chains (1928)
107 min | Drama
A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate and upon his release his wife is concerned as to how prison has changed the man she married.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Dieterle, Gunnar Tolnæs, Mary Johnson, Paul Henckels
Votes: 272
8. Queen of Atlantis (1932)
87 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two French Foreign Legionnaires are lost amid the shifting sands of the Sahara Desert when they stumble across the entrance to an underground world. Searching this new found subterranean ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Heinz Klingenberg, Tela Tchaï, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 559
9. La crise est finie (1934)
98 min | Comedy, Musical
A troupe decides to put on their own show.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Beatrice Emanuel, Albert Préjean, Danielle Darrieux, Marcel Carpentier
Votes: 107
10. Girl from Hong Kong (1961)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Hanns Lothar, Helmut Griem, Akiko Wakabayashi, Carla Hagen
Votes: 21
11. Ariane (1931)
85 min | Drama, Romance
An innocent Russian student in Paris has her first affair, with a mature man who comes to realize he truly loves her and it is not just one of his brief flings.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster, Annemarie Steinsieck, Hertha Guthmar
Votes: 65
12. L'opéra de quat'sous (1931)
104 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
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.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Albert Préjean, Florelle, Gaston Modot, Margo Lion
Votes: 195
13. La vie parisienne (1936)
95 min | Comedy
A rich Brazilian, Mendoza, visited Paris in 1900 and was romantically involved with the star of Offenbach's "La Vie Parisienne" which was playing at the time. Thirty five years later, he ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Max Dearly, Conchita Montenegro, George Rigaud, Christian Gérard
Votes: 40
14. Mädchenschicksale (1928)
Drama
About exciting and everyday stories in the life of young and inexperienced girls.
Director: Richard Löwenbein | Stars: Vera Schmiterlöw, Eugen Burg, Hermine Sterler, Sybil Peach
15. The Big Bluff (1927)
Comedy
Directors: Henrik Galeen, Harry Piel | Stars: Harry Piel, Toni Tetzlaff, Lotte Lorring, Albert Paulig
Votes: 25
16. Das Haus am Meer (1924)
62 min
Fisherman Enrico lives happily with Teresa when a band of soldiers appear and accuse her of prostitution. As Enrico's brother is tricked into the Army, Enrico takes his place. Teresa's love for him conquers all.
Director: Fritz Kaufmann | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Gregori Chmara, Albert Steinrück, Carl Auen
Votes: 13
17. Skandal um Eva (1930)
96 min | Comedy
An engaged woman discovers her fiancé has a four year old son. Pretending to take a cure she travels to the boy's foster-parents to make his acquaintance.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Henny Porten, Oskar Sima, Ludwig Stössel, Paul Henckels
Votes: 32
18. Eine Nacht im Grandhotel (1931)
91 min | Drama
Fritz is in love with artist Glay, who stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of not having any money he gets to know her, invites her to supper and after dancing a tango even hires the royal ... See full summary »
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Ulrich Bettac, Max Schipper, Kurt Gerron
Votes: 8
19. Les saltimbanques (1930)
Comedy, Musical
An old clown loves a young dancer to whom he gives lessons. He heroically withdraws from the love of a rich young man.
Directors: Robert Land, Lucien Jaquelux | Stars: Hermine Sterler, Käthe von Nagy, Anni Nowerowskaja, Nicolas Koline
20. Weaker Sex (1933)
95 min | Comedy
Crisscrossed in a sumptuous Parisian palace: the wealthy Leroy-Gomez serves as a matchmaker for her children. All this is orchestrated by Antoine, the butler, lucid and cynical, who serves as confidants to all.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Mireille Balin, Victor Boucher, Pierre Brasseur, Jeanne Cheirel
Votes: 55
21. 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau (1931)
73 min | Drama
After the tragic death from malaria of her beloved husband his rich widow Helga Vanroh travels restlessly around various Mediterranean countries. In the luxurious surroundings of a hotel in... See full summary »
Director: Robert Land | Stars: Henny Porten, Walter Rilla, Friedrich Kayßler, Margo Lion
Votes: 29
22. The Mayor's Dilemma (1939)
105 min | Drama, War
At the biginning of World War I in a village in the country of La Marne, two families are against the marriage of their children. The war changes the positions.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Annie Vernay, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin, Dorville
Votes: 96
23. Gloria (I) (1931)
90 min | Drama
Gloria is a 1931 French-German drama film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm and Rolf Drucker. It was a co-production between the Munich-based Bavaria ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Behrendt | Stars: Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Rolf Drucker, Fritz Kampers
Votes: 35
24. Die kleine Sklavin (1928)
80 min | Comedy
Lilli, a foster child at Paula Schmidt's home, has always been treated badly and felt unwanted. Paula try to get rid of her as soon as possible by trading Lilli to love-thirsty men.
Directors: Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck | Stars: Grete Mosheim, Fritz Richard, Trude Hesterberg, Louis Ralph
25. Scampolo (1928)
80 min | Comedy
Scampolo is a young orphan in Rome, Italy, who survives by doing all kinds of little jobs. Her only comforts in life are a little dog and an old professor, who both like to eat sugar. She's... See full summary »
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Carmen Boni, Livio Pavanelli, Hans Junkermann, Lya Christy
Votes: 18
26. Diary of a Coquette (1929)
Drama
Director: Constantin J. David | Stars: Fay Wall, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Fred Doederlein, Paul Henckels
27. Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Arianne ,a young Russian maid living in France, meets a man twice her age she falls in love with.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Rachel Devirys, Maria Fromet, Victor Francen
Votes: 44
28. The Loves of Ariane (1931)
70 min
3 separate language versions of the story (remade as Love In the Afternoon) were done: An innocent Russian student has her first affair, with an older Parisian, he realizes he truly loves her, it's not just one of his flings.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Percy Marmont, Oriel Ross, Warwick Ward
29. Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926)
89 min | Drama
A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Walter Rilla, Henri De Vries, Mary Parker
Votes: 12
30. Die Flucht in die Nacht (1926)
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Paul Biensfeldt, Oreste Bilancia, Ágnes Eszterházy, Enrica Fantis
Votes: 7
31. Gretel and Liesel (1930)
90 min | Comedy
Remake of an Ernst Lubitsch silent comedy about a farm boy who is fond of two sisters, one of whom is beautiful, the other, not so much.
Director: Hans Behrendt | Stars: Henny Porten, Fritz Kampers, Leo Peukert, Heinz-Leo Fischer
32. Der Witwenball (1930)
Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Lucie Englisch, Fritz Kampers, Peggy Norman, Sig Arno
33. Der Detektiv des Kaisers (1930)
Drama
Director: Carl Boese | Stars: Olga Tschechowa, Otto Gebühr, Käthe Haack, Inge Landgut
34. Should a Man Tell? (1926)
Director: Peter Paul Felner | Stars: Harry Liedtke, Georg Alexander, Mady Christians, Walter Rilla
35. Die kleine Veronika (1929)
70 min | Romance
Veronika is a candid teenager who lives with her parents in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian Tyrol. As they are poor, her aunt pays her the expenses to do the Christian ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Land | Stars: Käthe von Nagy, Maly Delschaft, Mizzi Zwerenz, Harry Hardt
Votes: 25
36. Theatre (1928)
70 min
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Marcella Albani, Heinrich George, Jean Bradin, Evi Eva
37. Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927)
79 min
Maria Sinclair, the wife of the British consul, is about to visit her husband when she is arrested by the Chinese. General Hai Lung, who is in charge, offers to give her husband his life if she would promise to stay with him instead.
Directors: Géza von Bolváry, Augusto Genina | Stars: Carmen Boni, Jack Trevor, Bernhard Goetzke, Kurt Vespermann
38. The Phantom of the Circus (1927)
85 min | Action, Adventure
Harry is pleased to see an old friend of his return from America, but the latter is murdered before they can meet. The victim just has time to phone him from the Beely Circus he just bought.
Director: Harry Piel | Stars: Harry Piel, Hanni Weisse, Ilona Karolewna, Fritz Greiner
Votes: 43
39. Perjury (1929)
Drama
Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Alice Roberts, Francis Lederer, Miles Mander, Inge Landgut
40. Miss Midshipman (1929)
Director: Fred Sauer | Stars: Mary Parker, Willi Forst, Fritz Schulz, Leo Peukert
41. Love's Masquerade (1928)
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Carmen Boni, Hans Junkermann, Olga Engl, Jack Trevor
42. Trust der Diebe (1929)
Director: Erich Schönfelder | Stars: Ágnes Eszterházy, Paul Otto, Eva von Berne, Oscar Marion
43. Ehe in Not (1929)
91 min
A troubled marriage leads the man to a younger woman. The wife finds out and the husband suggest a divorce. But they have a child and the wife is not ready to break up their marriage.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Elga Brink, Walter Rilla, Evelyn Holt, Hanna Maron
44. 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
45. La storia di una piccola Parigina (1928)
Drama
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Carmen Boni, André Roanne, Hermann Vallentin, Carla Bartheel
46. The Runaway Girl (1928)
Isebill's father has married for the second time, and she cannot get along with the new mother. He tries to push the daughter to a boarding school, but she escapes to America with young Hans, where the two build their own existence.
Director: Hanns Schwarz | Stars: Käthe von Nagy, Vivian Gibson, Jean Dax, Hans Brausewetter
47. Rätsel einer Nacht (1927)
Adventure
Director: Harry Piel | Stars: Harry Piel, Dary Holm, Josef Peterhans, Walter Steinbeck
Votes: 10
48. Tragedy at the Royal Circus (1928)
Director: Alfred Lind | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Ellen Kürti, Werner Pittschau, Sig Arno
Votes: 7