Fritz Lang
1) M
Series
Criterion collection ; 30
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down.
2) Metropolis
Series
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
An expressionistic drama about authoritarianism and revolt in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
None
Description
Siegfried establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor and rigid codes of honor. In order to win the hand of Kriemhild, Siegfried must win a bride for her brother, King Gunther. Kriemhild's Revenge begins after the death of Siegfried, and weaves the treacherous tale of his widow's ungodly vengeance upon his murderers. The noble qualities of the first film become liabilities in the second, as the blood oaths and...
Series
Criterion collection ; 171
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Français
Description
The young wife of a film writer must decide if she will continue her marriage or go away with an American producer.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Guilty - beyond a reasonable doubt - such is the incontrovertible law which pardons the innocent and condemns the guilty. But just how fallible is the process of law? To what extent can deceit, prejudice and the cruel powers of fate intervene to set a murderer free, or send an innocent man to the electric chair ...
6) M
Series
Criterion collection ; 30
Publisher
Atlantic-Film S.A
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
7) The Big heat
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A dark masterpiece of film noir ... takes an unflinching look at the endemic corruption of small-town America, pitting a tough cop against the forces of evil represented by syndicate boss and his all-too-obedient flunkies within the police force"--Container.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the film's premiere in 1927. After years of restoration the sci-fi epic was re-released in theaters in 2010 as The Complete Metropolis.
10) Ministry of fear
Series
Criterion collection ; 649
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
Series
Publisher
Fantoma Films
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The Indian tomb: In the grand tradition of the serialized cliffhanger, this film picks up right where The tiger of Eschnapur ends. The adventure concludes with a bloody rescue from a sandstorm, a trek through the jungle, a cave of lepers, and a bloody palace rebellion. -- The tiger of Eschnapur: Western architect Harald Berger (Paul Hubschmid), called to India by Chandra, the Maharajah of Eschnapur, falls in love with the beautiful temple dancer Seetha...
12) Cloak and dagger
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Alvah Jesper, an American scientist, parachutes into war-torn Nazi Germany to obtain military secrets about the atomic weapons being developed by the Germans. But the deeper he probes, the deadlier his mission becomes - especially when his involvement with a mysterious woman, Gina, catapults him into an intense maelstrom of danger, betrayal, and murder.
13) Fury
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A once decent man becomes ruthless and bitter when he's falsely accused of a crime and becomes a target for a lynch mob. He escapes, but refuses to let his survival be known, so his attackers can be charged with murder.
Publisher
Kino
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the films premiere in 1927. After years of restoration the sci-fi epic was re-released in theaters in 2010 as The Complete Metropolis.
15) Metropolis
Publisher
Kino International Corporation
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Prague 1942. Following the assassination of Nazi 'Reich Protector' Heydrich, Masha Novotny, a professor's daughter, hides the culprit in her parents' apartment. When the Gestapo take 400 people hostage in retaliation, Masha's father is among those arrested. The assassin, surgeon Dr. Svoboda, manages to escape. As they search for him the Gestapo also train their sights on Masha." --
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Norah Larkin is a working girl who wakes up a murderess after passing out in the apartment of brutish playboy Harry Prebble. Branded "The Blue Gardenia" by a sensational columnist, Norah dodges dragnets, informants and the cruel hand of fate as she struggles to conceal her involvement with Prebble, and to remember the details of her ill-fated night. As her hopes for justice fade, she decides to gamble her future on the journalist who transformed her...
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Deutsch
Description
An early silent film describing a journey by rocket ship to the moon. Rather than a flight of pure fantasy, director Fritz Lang conceived a modernized "trip to the Moon" grounded in state-of-the-art astrophysics & spiced with romance and espionage. One of the most influential science fiction films of its era, in many respects technically accurate.
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Scarlet Street: A modest store cashier, who paints in his spare time, becomes entranced by a young woman's powerful seductive nature. She is under the impression that he is a successful wealthy artist and she is out to steal much more than his heart.
The stranger: An ex-Nazi is allowed to escape from a German war crimes prison after World War II to lead the Allies to a notorious spy who is planning to revive the Third Reich. The trail leads to a...
20) Scarlet Street
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When middle-aged henpecked Chris Cross rescues street-walking bad girl Kitty from her abusive pimp-boyfriend Johnny, he plunges into a whirlpool of lust, larceny and revenge. As Chris' obsession with the irresistibly vulgar Kitty grows, the meek cashier is seduced, corrupted, humiliated and transformed into an avenging monster before implacable fate and perverse justice triumph.--