The False Prince (German:Der falsche Prinz) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Harry Domela, Ekkehard Arendt and John Mylong. The film's art direction was by Karl Machus. The film was based on Domela's book recounting his own adventures in post-First World War Germany when he briefly masqueraded as Prince.
, 54minutes Réalisé parAlbert Herman OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Guerre, Action, Aventure ActeursJoseph Kenneth Shovlin, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell, Constance Worth, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Jack Mulhall Note45% It is in the middle of World War II and Nazi Captain Gemmler is in need of a powerful chemical formula to improve the energy output of ordinary gasoline. In his quest for this formula he finds two candidates to help him with a solution: the chemist and playboy Tom Fielding and his co-worker Robert Norton, who is engaged to Tom's sister Nancy. They are already involved in such a project for another employer, and Captain Gemmler decides to kidnap them for his own use, using his secret agents.
, 1h52 GenresDrame, Biographie ThèmesPolitique, Politique, Royauté ActeursZarah Leander, Hans Mierendorff, Willy Birgel, Maria Koppenhöfer, Lotte Koch, Axel von Ambesser Note63% The film starts with Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, held prisoner in Fotheringhay Castle, awaiting the final judgement in her case, which is expected within a few hours. Soon she finds out that the Royal Court has sentenced her, with the assent of Queen Elizabeth I, to be executed on the scaffold on the following day. She breaks down and remembers the events leading to her now imminent death. The bulk of the film consists of this flashback.
, 1h47 Réalisé parWilliam Dieterle GenresDrame, Romance ThèmesSexualité, Homosexualité, LGBT, LGBT ActeursWilliam Dieterle, Gunnar Tolnæs, Paul Henckels, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Mary Johnson, Carl Goetz Note65% The film opens with Franz Sommer (Dieterle) and his newlywed wife, Helene (Mary Johnson). They are going through hard times, and Sommer is without steady employment, partly due to his honest-to-a-fault nature. Helene takes a job selling cigars and cigarettes at a restaurant. When a patron advances on Helene and ignores Sommer's warning to leave her alone, Sommer pushes him away. He falls and hits his head, dying some days later. Sommer is arrested and sentenced three years in prison.