Karl Platen Movies

Set in the sleepy Silesian town of Runxendorf, the story follows eccentric radio visionary Paul Neugebauer (Ludwig Manfred Lommel) as he schemes to...

When registering in a Berlin hotel, the beautiful Lilian realizes that she apparently has a doppelganger: She is arrested as a wanted jewel thief....

Prussian King Frederick II was keen to hire the dancer Barberina, who had already enjoyed great success in Italy and England, for the Berlin opera...

a silent movie by Heinz Paul

Adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's 1931 play Fanny.

Film by Paul Leni and Felix Basch

The husband of Countess Manon Moreau is found murdered. André Rabatin, who belongs to the same club as Count Moreau, is the suspect. Rabatin,...

A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor. Lost film, minor fragments survive

Film by Jacob and Luise Fleck.

Teresa is a young, always cheerful woman, who has a harmonious marriage with the writer Peter Duhren. Unfortunately, it’s so harmonious, that...

The daughter of a landowner helps save an aristocratic neighbor from ruin, in this operetta adaptation.

Aimless Bohemians are encouraged to find their salvation in Arbeit (Work) in this propagandistic Nazi era German production.

A young student, Stephan, inherits shares in a coal mine from his father. The mine is no longer profitable, and Stephan needs money to finance his...

The industrialist's daughter has been kidnapped by the mad inventor Ravello, but Harry Peel stays hot on their trail with the help of his dog Greif....

A dancing girl succeeds in getting Napoleon, in 1808, to pardon her lover, a German artist who has drawn an unflattering caricature of the French...

A group of popular musicians including a girl singer is staying in a spooky castle where there may be a treasure of money.

Dr. Ivar Andersson, introduced by his colleague, Sigrid Mall, is the new German teacher for the underclassmen in a girl’s high school. As is...

In Dresden's classical music world, female students learn from an opinionated conductor and a pompous dance instructor.When their work isn't...

Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son,...

A German wartime biography of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine. The movie links the importance of the engine to the war by starting the...