Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in t...
Actor Philippe Martin plans to meet Yvonne, his married girlfriend, in the afternoon cinema where they can neck and be together in the dark. Martin arrives late, and the feature has started, so he goes to the seats where they planned to meet. Soon he kisses the girl next to him, but it's Monique Perelin and not Yvonne as he'd expected. Indignation follows a slap to his face and...
The American art critic Carol Hoffman (Joan Bennett) visits Nazi Germany in 1938 with her German-American husband Eric (Francis Lederer) and his son. While she is shocked by the leadership, her husband turns out to be a fervent admirer of Hitler (also because of an affair with his childhood sweetheart). For a long time, Hollywood refrained from explicit criticism of Nazi German...
"Metropolis", "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", M, "Nosferatu", "People on Sunday", "Berlin, Symphony of a Metropolis" all rank among the classics and most influential films of European Cinema. FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER tells the story of early German Cinema as the story of social and cultural upheaval in the first republic, between 1918 and 1933. Siegfried Kracauer, who wrote the g...
La baronne Irène de Rysbergue, délaissée par son sombre époux, se prépare pour le bal. Admirant sa toilette garnie de plumes, son jeune fils la surnomme Maman Colibri . Lors de la soirée, elle s’éprend de Georges de Chambry, l’ami officier de son fils ainé. Le couple adultère est rapidement démasqué, et s’enfuit en Algérie où Georges est astreint à la discipline militaire. M...