Directed byHerbert Selpin OriginGerman GenresDrama, Historical ThemesFilms set in Africa ActorsHans Albers, Karl Dannemann, Fritz Odemar, Hans Leibelt, Erika von Thellmann, Herbert Hübner Rating57% The film follows Carl Peters, one of the founders of German East Africa. When addressing a parliamentary commission of inquiry, he openly calls for a Hitlerian policy of territorial conquest, which according to him requires hard-headed men, such as himself. He defends executions without trial as a way to prevent an uprising, which, he insists, the parliamentarians could not have prevented. The parliamentarians, who are also Jews, do not accept this, demonstrating what happens when the Führerprinzip is not adhered to.
, 1h35 Directed byLuis Trenker OriginGerman GenresDrama, Documentary ThemesSports films, Alpinisme ActorsLuis Trenker, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Lucie Höflich, Blandine Ebinger, Umberto Sacripante, Ernst Legal Rating67% The Italian mountaineer Jean-Antoine Carrel wants to be the first man to reach the summit of the Matterhorn. He meets the British mountaineer Whymper and they decide to climb together. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two men try it on the same day with two different teams, Carrel on the Italian side and Whymper on the Swiss side. The latter will successfully reach the summit along with his six companions, Hudson, Hadow, Douglas and the guides Croz and Taugwalder father and son. Only Whymper and the guides Taugwalder will survive the descent.
, 1h40 Directed byHans Steinhoff GenresBiography, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Films about royalty ActorsEmil Jannings, Leopoldine Konstantin, Claus Clausen, Carola Höhn, Paul Henckels, Walter Janssen Roles von Reichmann Rating69% The film opens at Potsdam in the time of "The Soldier's King" Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, with the Royal Family sitting at the breakfast table. It turns out that Crown Prince Friedrich, informally called "Fritz", had lost so much money at the gaming tables that he had to sign debentures. Members of the grenadier regiment had seen the crown prince appearing late in a wretched state, which greatly angers his father. The King would like to prepare his son for the future role as a ruler, and regards his preoccupation with music and literature with big displeasure.
, 1h27 Directed byGustav Ucicky OriginGerman GenresDrama, Historical ThemesPolitique, Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Histoire de France ActorsGustaf Gründgens, Heinrich George, Erich Ponto, Willy Birgel, Theodor Loos, Aribert Wäscher Roles A Captain Rating59% La France pendant la guerre de Cent Ans. Les Français risquent de perdre la guerre depuis 92 ans contre l'Angleterre et des ennemis intérieurs. Seule la ville d'Orléans résiste bien encore ; c'est ici que se trouve le roi de France Charles VII. Pour discuter de conditions de paix acceptables, le roi envoie son émissaire Maillezais dans le camp ennemi, chez John Talbot et son allié Philippe III de Bourgogne. Mais Talbot refuse le compromis ; il préfère se préparer à la bataille finale. Son mépris est tel que, devant Maillezais, il jette les armes de sa famille d'origine française.