When Knighthood Was in Flower

Götz von Bredow's elk-leather trousers have their own special meaning: whoever wears them cannot come to any harm. Only they must not be washed....

After attending a funeral, a man returns to a merry-go-round where he once cherished joyful moments with someone deeply significant in his life.

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel, is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.

A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are...

June never leaves her apartment, which has a view of an advertising sign of a knight in shining armor. She is two weeks behind in her rent and...

The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around women but (according to this film) was constantly...

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

A short silent film influenced by the classical German Expressionist cinema of the 1920s. Two musicians struggle with passion and sanity, delving...

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.

The timid youngest son of the most important family in town must use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and the love of a beautiful new...