In the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic Read More »
Tag Archives: Heinrich George
The Stationmaster (1940) Gustav Ucicky, Heinrich George
A troubled father, working as a postmaster in province, worries about his daughter taken to the capital by a rich officer. Read More »
The Man Who Committed the Murder / Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931) Curtis Bernhardt, Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo, Heinrich George
The story is about Conrad Veidt as military attache in Turkey where he learns Read More »
Jew Süss / Jud Süß (1940) Veit Harlan, Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George
In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving Read More »
The Private’s Job / Unternehmen Michael (1937) Karl Ritter, Heinrich George, Paul Otto, Mathias Wieman
During the Great War, German soldiers are persuaded to die heroically Read More »
Der Biberpelz / The Beaver Coat (1937) Jürgen von Alten, Heinrich George, Ida Wüst, Rotraut Richter, Comedy
In a district of a small, German principality, things are going haywire. And this, even though Baron von Wehrhahn, who is loyal to the prince Read More »
Das Mädchen Johanna / Joan The Maid (1935) Gustav Ucicky, Angela Salloker, Gustaf Gründgens, Heinrich George, Biography, Drama, History
The story of Joan of Arc has been filmed so often that it need not be repeated here. This 1935 version obviously can’t quite compete with the masterworks Dreyer, Bresson, or Rivette derived from the same story, but it’s nevertheless a very effective film which focuses much more on the intrigues of the men around Joan than on the girl herself, who gets surprisingly little screentime. Read More »