Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou

Thea Gabriele von Harbou was a German actress and author of Prussian aristocratic origin. She was born in Tauperlitz in the Kingdom of Bavaria. She is especially known for the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis directed by her husband Fritz Lang. She would often publish her screenplays as novels. In 1933, Lang fleed Nazi Germany as he was Jewish; whilst she made several Nazi propaganda films. She later married Ayi Tendulkar, a journalist of Indian origin - before dying in 1954.

  • Title: Thea von Harbou
  • Popularity: 3.143
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1888-12-19
  • Place of Birth: Tauperlitz, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Thea Gabriele von Harbou
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Thea von Harbou Movies

  • 1931
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    M

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    8.09 1931 HD

    In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's...

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  • 1929
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    Woman in the Moon

    Woman in the Moon

    7.186 1929 HD

    A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a...

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  • 1922
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    Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

    Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

    7.6 1922 HD

    Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to...

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  • 1938
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    The Tiger of Eschnapur

    The Tiger of Eschnapur

    4 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Indian Tomb

    The Indian Tomb

    5.8 1938 HD

    After the events of Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Maharadscha Chandra is ready to execute his well-planned vengeance, in which German architect Peter...

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  • 1959
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    The Indian Tomb

    The Indian Tomb

    6 1959 HD

    Seetha and Harold Berger are rescued from the desert by a caravan and brought to a small village. However, the greedy owner of the house where they...

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  • 1933
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    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

    7.6 1933 HD

    After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another...

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  • 1922
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    Phantom

    Phantom

    6.727 1922 HD

    Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately...

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  • 1922
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    Phantom

    Phantom

    6.727 1922 HD

    Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately...

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  • 1924
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    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    6.6 1924 HD

    The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking...

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  • 1922
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    The Burning Soil

    The Burning Soil

    6.2 1922 HD

    The film follows tells the story of a struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.

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  • 1924
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    Michael

    Michael

    6.321 1924 HD

    The relationship between a master painter and his longtime model begins to collapse after the former agrees to paint a portrait for a Russian...

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  • 1924
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    Michael

    Michael

    6.321 1924 HD

    The relationship between a master painter and his longtime model begins to collapse after the former agrees to paint a portrait for a Russian...

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  • 1922
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    Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno

    Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno

    6.3 1922 HD

    As the police intensify their bemusing search on Doctor Mabuse's notorious band of gangsters, the deceptive, elusive hypnotist Mabuse simultaneously...

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  • 1960
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    Journey to the Lost City

    Journey to the Lost City

    6.6 1960 HD

    An exotic dancing girl of India inflames the passions of a traveling draftsman.

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  • 1960
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    Journey to the Lost City

    Journey to the Lost City

    6.6 1960 HD

    An exotic dancing girl of India inflames the passions of a traveling draftsman.

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  • 1922
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    Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler

    Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler

    6.9 1922 HD

    Doctor Mabuse is a criminal mastermind, doctor of psychology, and master of disguise, armed with the powers of hypnosis and mind control, who...

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  • 1938
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    Le Tigre du Bengale

    Le Tigre du Bengale

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Broken Jug

    The Broken Jug

    7.2 1937 HD

    The man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the...

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  • 1984
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    Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis

    Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis

    8.1 1984 HD

    In 1984, Academy Award winning composer Giorgio Moroder introduced Fritz Lang’s science fiction epic Metropolis to a new generation of...

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  • 1937
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    The Sovereign

    The Sovereign

    5 1937 HD

    Der Herrscher (The Sovereign) was based on Before Sunset, a play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The great Emil Jannings stars as Mathias Clausen, a self-made...

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  • 1938
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    Die Frau am Scheidewege

    Die Frau am Scheidewege

    1 1938 HD

    Following the breakdown of her marriage to an artist, a female doctor goes back to her position at a hospital.

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  • 1925
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    The Chronicles of the Gray House

    The Chronicles of the Gray House

    6.2 1925 HD

    Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father's serfs despite opposition from both...

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  • 1934
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    The Assumption of Hannele

    The Assumption of Hannele

    5 1934 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Stars of Variety Show

    The Stars of Variety Show

    1 1939 HD

    Theatre Colosseum prepares for the closing performance of the month. The magician Keats wants to avoid having to perform with Jack Carey, the...

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  • 1923
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    Driven from Home

    Driven from Home

    1 1923 HD

    The extended Steyer family lives together in a cottage in the mountains. The younger Steyer's wife Ludmilla wants money, and doesn't care if she must...

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  • 1937
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    Mother Song

    Mother Song

    5 1937 HD

    A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive...

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  • 1937
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    Mother Song

    Mother Song

    5 1937 HD

    A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive...

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  • 1934
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    Elisabeth und der Narr

    Elisabeth und der Narr

    5 1934 HD

    Elisabeth is subject of a girl's boarding school run by the nuns. The village idiot Michele adores her and is particularly drawn to her organ...

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  • 1934
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    The Assumption of Hannele

    The Assumption of Hannele

    5 1934 HD

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  • 1928
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    Spies

    Spies

    7.4 1928 HD

    The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the...

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  • 1928
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    Spies

    Spies

    7.4 1928 HD

    The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the...

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  • 1935
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    Turandot, princesse de Chine

    Turandot, princesse de Chine

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Was bin ich ohne Dich

    Was bin ich ohne Dich

    4.3 1934 HD

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  • 1927
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    Metropolis

    Metropolis

    8.126 1927 HD

    In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a...

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  • 1927
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    Metropolis

    Metropolis

    8.126 1927 HD

    In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a...

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  • 1921
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    Destiny

    Destiny

    7.421 1921 HD

    As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall....

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  • 1935
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    The Making of a King

    The Making of a King

    5.7 1935 HD

    The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.

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  • 1939
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    Menschen vom Varieté

    Menschen vom Varieté

    4.5 1939 HD

    In a cosmopolitan city vaudeville theatre, meeting place of the most successful artistes, the art shooter gets in suspicion to have committed a...

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  • 1945
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    Via Mala

    Via Mala

    5.5 1945 HD

    In a mountain village a deranged alcoholic who routinely beats his wife and kids goes missing. Though everyone in the village is glad to see him...

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  • 1937
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    Versprich mir nichts!

    Versprich mir nichts!

    5 1937 HD

    Maler Pratt, an artist, refuses to sell his paintings as he thinks that they still need improvement before being publicly exhibited, but his wife...

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  • 1941
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    Annelie

    Annelie

    6.8 1941 HD

    On New Year′s Eve 1871 Annelie is born – 15 minutes too late, since her parents had calculated her birth to be exactly at midnight. These...

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  • 1959
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    The Tiger of Eschnapur

    The Tiger of Eschnapur

    6.242 1959 HD

    In Eschnapur, a German architect saves the life of the Maharajah's favorite temple dancer and becomes Maharajah's friend but their friendship is...

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  • 1948
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    Fahrt ins Glück

    Fahrt ins Glück

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1951
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    6.2 1951 HD

    Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal'...

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  • 1936
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    Die unmögliche Frau

    Die unmögliche Frau

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi

    The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi

    5.5 1921 HD

    Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her...

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  • 1921
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    The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi

    The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi

    5.5 1921 HD

    Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her...

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  • 1921
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    The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal

    The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal

    5.9 1921 HD

    Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting...

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  • 1921
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    The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal

    The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal

    5.9 1921 HD

    Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting...

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  • 1935
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    An Ideal Husband

    An Ideal Husband

    1 1935 HD

    Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London...

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  • 1939
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    Hurra, ich bin Papa

    Hurra, ich bin Papa

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    Covered Tracks

    Covered Tracks

    5.4 1938 HD

    Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate...

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  • 1924
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    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

    7.6 1924 HD

    When Kriemhild, thirsty for revenge, marries to Etzel, king of the Huns, she invites King Gunther and his court to visit them, intending to finally...

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  • 1934
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    Elisabeth und der Narr

    Elisabeth und der Narr

    5 1934 HD

    Elisabeth is subject of a girl's boarding school run by the nuns. The village idiot Michele adores her and is particularly drawn to her organ...

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  • 1923
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    The Stone Rider

    The Stone Rider

    6 1923 HD

    In a distant Teutonic village, people dance and drink merrily celebrating a wedding feast. However, an elderly man tells the villagers that the...

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  • 1921
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    Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft

    Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein

    Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1938
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    Jugend

    Jugend

    5.2 1938 HD

    Germany, 1890: Having just gotten his high-school diploma, Hans leaves for Heidelberg to begin his university studies. But first, he wants to visit...

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  • 1932
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    The child's first right

    The child's first right

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1924
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    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    7.7 1924 HD

    Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the...

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  • 1935
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    I Was Jack Mortimer

    I Was Jack Mortimer

    1 1935 HD

    The jealous star conductor Montemayor knows that his beautiful younger wife, Winifred, is cheating on him with an American named Jack Mortimer. After...

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  • 1923
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    Die Prinzessin Suwarin

    Die Prinzessin Suwarin

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1921
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    Four Around the Woman

    Four Around the Woman

    5.8 1921 HD

    Harry Yquem buys his beloved wife some jewelry in a place where underworld middlemen trade in fake and stolen goods. By chance, he spots a man with...

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  • 1920
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    The Wandering Image

    The Wandering Image

    5.5 1920 HD

    When Irmgard becomes pregnant of Georg, a free love disciple, she decides, for the sake of her child, to pretend they are married. The secret plan is...

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  • 1920
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    Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia

    Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia

    1 1920 HD

    Simplicia has a reputation for healing through prayer and laying on of hands. Knight Rochus sets out "to see how long it takes to turn a saint into a...

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  • 1934
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    Prinzessin Turandot

    Prinzessin Turandot

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1940
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    Wie konntest Du, Veronika!

    Wie konntest Du, Veronika!

    1 1940 HD

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  • 2001
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    Metropolis

    Metropolis

    7.119 2001 HD

    Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally...

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