La Découpé Epoque
by quietgiant2 | created - 22 Apr 2011 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicTalkie movies not released in U.S.A. until 1945, preferably.
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1. Bright Eyes (1929)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Jenny works in the kitchen of a luxurious hotel and is in love with Jean, the charming headwaiter. But the latter has his eyes on Lola, the hotel dancer, who is kept by a senile millionaire... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Betty Balfour, Jack Trevor, Fritz Greiner, Marcel Vibert
Votes: 18
2. Paris Bound (1929)
73 min | Drama, Romance
Pre-Code early-talkie film version of Philip Barry's Broadway hit chronicles the first five years of marriage between James and Mary Hutton, during which the two paramours they deserted wait patiently--and manipulatively--in the wings.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Ann Harding, Fredric March, Carmelita Geraghty, Leslie Fenton
Votes: 153
3. Nachtgestalten (1929)
113 min | Drama
A man who thinks he killed a millionaire is cared for by a Cockney girl and becomes a composer.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Mabel Poulton, Jack Trevor, Clifford McLaglen, Shayle Gardner
Votes: 18
4. Adventures Inc. (1929)
76 min
Based on Agatha Christie's "The Secret Adversary," a young couple looking for adventure become involved in the mystery of a missing woman and an espionage ring.
Director: Fred Sauer | Stars: Carlo Aldini, Eve Gray, Eberhard Leithoff, Hilda Bayley
Votes: 32
5. The Greenwood Tree (1929)
60 min | Drama
A girl organist is blamed for ousting the village choir.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Marguerite Allan, Peggie Robb-Smith, John Batten, Nigel Barrie
Votes: 15
6. South Sea Rose (1929)
69 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Lenore Ulric, Charles Bickford, Kenneth MacKenna, J. Farrell MacDonald
7. Narkose (1929)
Drama
Director: Alfred Abel | Stars: Renée Héribel, Jack Trevor, Alfred Abel, Fritz Alberti
Votes: 16
8. Liebling der Götter (1930)
112 min | Comedy
The tenor Albert Winkelmann is a celebrated artist, admired for his singing and for his effect on women. He is a "Darling of the Gods". His wife Agathe sees the bohemian spouse's preference for the "weaker sex" with some concern.
Director: Hanns Schwarz | Stars: Emil Jannings, Renate Müller, Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser
Votes: 49
9. Playboy of Paris (1930)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Waiter Albert is incompetent is in conflict with the owner and his daughter. However a surprise inheritance means he must keep his job by day while escorting a glamorous socialite by night.
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee, O.P. Heggie, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 103
10. Nights of Love (1930)
80 min | Comedy
During a railway journey, Baron van Geldern meets an attractive young woman Evelyne in the same carriage. After the train is derailed, they spend a night together at a hotel, and he falls ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Sauer | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Willi Forst, Albert Hörrmann, Otto Kronburger
Votes: 53
11. The Temporary Widow (1930)
84 min | Comedy, Mystery
A woman pretends her artist husband has died in a drowning accident, so that his paintings will finally find buyers.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Laurence Olivier, Athole Stewart, Gillian Dean
Votes: 36
12. Brand in der Oper (1930)
104 min | Drama
A young singer in the Opera finds out who really loves her, when the theater catches fire on the opening night of the performance.
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Alexa Engström, Gustav Fröhlich, Gustaf Gründgens, Gertrud Arnold
Votes: 32
13. Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt (1930)
96 min | Musical
Toni Hofer and brothers Vicki and Nicki Mahler are working on a new operetta. Toni's reputation with women equals his fame as composer, so they keep their sister Hedi away from him. Wanting... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Walter Janssen, Oskar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer
Votes: 56
14. Die letzte Kompagnie (1930)
79 min | Drama
A band of Prussian soldiers fighting Napoleon garrison themselves in a country windmill, the miller's daughter insists on staying with them.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans, Erwin Kalser, Else Heller
Votes: 31
15. Tonka Sibenice (1930)
85 min | Drama
A prostitute in an act of pity is keeping chaste company with a condemned man through the night before he is to be hung.
Director: Karl Anton | Stars: Ita Rina, Vera Baranovskaya, Josef Rovenský, Antonie Nedosinská
Votes: 165
16. Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern (1930)
117 min | Biography, Drama, History
Second of two German silents about the life of Bavarian king Ludwig II, a character who would much later also be the center of a film by Luchino Visconti.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Dieterle, Theodor Loos, Eugen Burg, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 60
17. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Albert is smitten for Pola but ends up wrongly committed in jail, in the meantime her affections are sought after by his friend, and on his release both love and friendship must be tested.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville, Bill Bocket
Votes: 2,488
18. Night Birds (1930)
97 min | Crime, Drama
(1930) Jameson Thomas, Muriel Angelus, Jack Rain. Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Jameson Thomas, Jack Raine, Muriel Angelus, Eve Gray
Votes: 45
19. The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
65 min | Mystery, Romance
An Alpine adventure-romance.
Directors: Mario Bonnard, Luis Trenker | Stars: Luis Trenker, Maria Matray, Renate Müller, Michael von Newlinsky
Votes: 48
20. The Darling of Vienna (1930)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
A stylish young man shows up as a substitute at events when officials and other important people are too busy to attend,and sometimes imitates their voices.
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Willi Forst, Paul Hörbiger, Trude Lieske, Else Elster
Votes: 45
21. The Song Is Ended (1930)
102 min | Musical, Romance
An officer embarrasses a singer by walking away during one of her performances. He later apologizes and the two become closer, eventually falling in love.
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Liane Haid, Willi Forst, Margarete Schlegel, Otto Wallburg
Votes: 73
22. Eskimo (1930)
86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Jack Norton is a careless gambler, until his father turns his back on him. Dead drunk he winds up on a boat going far up North, where he leaves the boat, only to be saved by Eskimos, where he soon falls in love.
Director: George Schnéevoigt | Stars: Mona Mårtenson, Paul Richter, Ada Kramm, Knut Langgaard
Votes: 35
23. For Her Sake (1930)
96 min | Comedy
A young theatre couple has marriage and financial problems.
Director: Paul Merzbach | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Inga Tidblad, Håkan Westergren, Stina Berg
Votes: 85
24. Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (1931)
93 min | Drama
Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father.
Directors: Erich Engel, Fyodor Otsep | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Anna Sten, Fritz Rasp, Bernhard Minetti
Votes: 230
25. Seitensprünge (1931)
62 min | Comedy
When both husband and wife find romance outside their marriage, it's a shock to everyone. Sims and Maurus break up to elope with their respective lovers, only to be thrown together again when they show up at the justice of the peace.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Gerda Maurus, Oskar Sima, Paul Vincenti, Jarmila Marton
Votes: 22
26. Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931)
93 min | Drama
The Marquis de Sévigné is put in a difficult position when he falls for the lovely Lady Falkland, a married woman whose husband, the strict Lord Falkland, subjects her to constant abuse.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo, Heinrich George, Friedl Haerlin
Votes: 57
27. Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931)
80 min | Comedy
In the very oldfashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms (the hotel just has five). This event, ... See full summary »
Director: Alexis Granowsky | Stars: Alfred Abel, Peter Lorre, Harald Paulsen, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 129
28. Feind im Blut (1931)
76 min
Semi documentary co sponsored by several organizations combatting sexually transmitted infections: three stores of people who become infected with syphilis, "the enemy in the blood."
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Stars: Wolfgang Klein, Walburga Gmür, Hellmut Kraus, Gerhard Bienert
Votes: 14
29. Ze soboty na nedeli (1931)
69 min | Drama
Mána is a young secretary. One evening she and her roommate accompany two wealthy older gentlemen to dinner. After one of them offers money to her she realizes his intentions and flees from... See full summary »
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Ladislav H. Struna, Magda Maderova, Jirina Sejbalová, Karel Jicínský
Votes: 198
30. Le capitaine Craddock (1931)
87 min | Comedy, Musical
The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored.
Directors: Hanns Schwarz, Max de Vaucorbeil | Stars: Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy, Charles Redgie, Alice Tissot
Votes: 22
31. Tropennächte (1931)
65 min | Drama
"Tropical Nights" - A young violinist Alma comes to Simbali with an orchestra led by conductor Zangiacoma, hired for a series of performances in the Schomberg hotel. Both the conductor ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Mittler | Stars: Dita Parlo, Robert Thoeren, Fritz Greiner, Else Heller
32. Countess Mariza (1932)
115 min
When Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Hubert Marischka, Charlotte Ander, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 22
33. Yorck (1931)
102 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to join Napoleon in his invason of Russia.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim, Rudolf Forster, Gustaf Gründgens
Votes: 20
34. Diggers (1931)
58 min | Comedy
Attending a reunion, two Australian ex-servicemen reminisce about their exploits in France during WW1.
Director: F.W. Thring | Stars: Pat Hanna, George Moon, Edmund Warrington, Cecil Scott
Votes: 37
35. Man braucht kein Geld (1931)
92 min | Comedy
Family Brandt has lost its fortune in oil speculation, and they have great debts at the local bank. This one is threatened with its own crash due to lack of money. The only hope is Brandt's... See full summary »
Director: Carl Boese | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser, Ida Wüst
Votes: 137
36. Safe in Hell (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray
Votes: 2,040
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37. Menschen hinter Gittern (1931)
109 min | Drama
German-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Heinrich George in Wallace Beery's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use.
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Heinrich George, Gustav Diessl, Egon von Jordan, Anton Pointner
Votes: 23
38. Dena Paona (1931)
70 min | Drama
Director: Premankur Attorthy | Stars: Bhanu Bannerjee, Durgadas Bannerjee, Nibhanani Devi, Jahar Ganguli
Votes: 24
39. Le Million (1931)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Musical
An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier
Votes: 3,839
40. Hyppolit a lakáj (1931)
72 min | Comedy
A butler changes the life of a nouveau-riche entrepreneur's life, while his daughter falls in love with the company's manager instead of a suitor chosen for her.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Gyula Csortos, Gyula Kabos, Mici Haraszti, Éva Fenyvessy
Votes: 1,753
41. Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.
Director: Phil Jutzi | Stars: Heinrich George, Maria Bard, Margarete Schlegel, Bernhard Minetti
Votes: 782
42. Wrong Number, Miss (1932)
76 min | Comedy, Romance
Miss Inge Becker is an telephone operator. She makes an appointment with the her unknown opera singer West. Simultaneously, Rainer, the young director of the telephone distribution, makes ... See full summary »
Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Magda Schneider, Johannes Riemann, Trude Berliner, José Wedorn
Votes: 37
43. A Girl You Don't Forget (1932)
92 min | Musical, Comedy, Romance
Actors who are out of work eventually get their break in a show that has been under preparation for a while.
Director: Fritz Kortner | Stars: Willi Forst, Dolly Haas, Oskar Sima, Max Gülstorff
Votes: 41
44. Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932)
87 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two French Foreign Legionnaires are lost amid the shifting sands of the Sahara Desert when they stumble across the entrance to an underground world. Searching this new found subterranean ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Heinz Klingenberg, Tela Tchaï, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 592
45. Sehnsucht 202 (1932)
79 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical comedy set in Vienna. The title refers to the name of a perfume. Two young women reply to newspaper advertisements but their replies are confused. The two young directors of the ... See full summary »
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Magda Schneider, Fritz Schulz, Luise Rainer, Rolf von Goth
Votes: 39
46. Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie (1932)
85 min | Comedy
The adventures of smart soldier Gustav Diestelbeck include managing his superior officer, competing for the canteneer's daughter, evading punishment for discipline faults and hosting Prinz Willibald during his visit to the regiment.
Director: Fred Sauer | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Anton Walbrook, Eugen Burg, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 85
47. A Blonde Dream (1932)
98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A penniless artiste is distracted from her dreams of Hollywood stardom by two hard-up but high-spirited window cleaners, both called Willy.
Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Willi Forst, Paul Hörbiger
Votes: 275
48. Once There Was a Waltz (1932)
78 min | Musical
Banker Rudi Moebius and his counselor arrive in Wien for an arranged marriage which should solve their financial problems. Only they don't know, but Lucie Weidling is broken too, and in ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Janson | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Rolf von Goth, Paul Hörbiger, Ernö Verebes
Votes: 32
49. Peter Voss Who Stole Millions (1932)
104 min | Comedy
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Willi Forst, Alice Treff, Paul Hörbiger, Ida Wüst
Votes: 33
50. Das Lied einer Nacht (1932)
85 min | Comedy, Musical
Opera star Enrico Ferraro, tired of his stressful schedule, changes trains for a Swiss vacation. When his presence is discovered at the peaceful lakeside resort, he changes places with a ... See full summary »
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider, Fritz Schulz, Otto Wallburg
Votes: 44
51. Der Prinz von Arkadien (1932)
89 min | Drama
Both the King and his son have been deposed by popular demand. The now Prinz of Arkadia certainly enjoys his new role, which without much changing his lifestyle leaves him free to ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Willi Forst, Liane Haid, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Ingeborg Grahn
Votes: 39
52. Theodor Körner (1932)
80 min | Drama
A Prussian poet, playwright and songwriter inspires patriotism when he sacrifices his life to oppose the onslaught of the French under Napoleon.
Director: Carl Boese | Stars: Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender, Dorothea Wieck, Lissy Arna, Sigurd Lohde
Votes: 15
53. Poil de carotte (1932)
91 min | Drama
A red-haired boy is his mother's punching bag ; only his father's presence is a great comfort to him,but this weak man is under the shrew's thumb. His pain is so great he feels suicidal.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Harry Baur, Robert Lynen, Louis Gauthier, Simone Aubry
Votes: 749
54. Wooden Crosses (1932)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War
World War 1 begins and a young man enlists to fight for his country.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos
Votes: 1,691
55. The Doomed Battalion (1932)
81 min | Drama, War
During World War 1, an Austrian Battalion holds a mountain stronghold against the attack of the Italian army.
Directors: Cyril Gardner, Karl Hartl, Luis Trenker | Stars: Luis Trenker, Tala Birell, Albert Conti, Victor Varconi
Votes: 39
56. Vampyr (1932)
Not Rated | 75 min | Fantasy, Horror
A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz
Votes: 20,514
57. The Blue from the Sky (1932)
77 min | Musical, Romance
Anni happily starts working as underground ticket seller. A passenger in a rush leaves owing part of the ticket. He happens to be a postal service night pilot. He pays his debt and they start dating, in spite of their opposite schedules.
Director: Victor Janson | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Hermann Thimig, Fritz Kampers, Margarete Schlegel
Votes: 42
58. Fantômas (1932)
91 min | Crime, Thriller
The Marquise de Langrune invites her friends at her castle in Beaulieu. Among them is Lord Beltham who also came to bring her a significant sum of money. The mysterious Fantômas kills the ... See full summary »
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Thomy Bourdelle, Tania Fédor, Jean Worms, Jorge Rigaud
Votes: 155
59. Razzia in St. Pauli (1932)
74 min | Crime, Drama
Illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß, Wolfgang Zilzer, Charly Wittong
Votes: 91
60. Spring Shower (1932)
66 min | Drama
It tells the story of Mari, an austerely beautiful young peasant girl played by the French star, Annabella. Mari is seduced beneath a flowering tree by the admirer of one of the daughters ... See full summary »
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Annabella, Ilona Dajbukát, Steven Geray, Sándor Pethes
Votes: 283
61. Un homme sans nom (1932)
81 min | Drama
Simultaneously filmed French language version of the German production, Mensch Ohne Namen, from a Balzac story ,about a businessman who has lost his identity after a war ,changes his name, leaves his wife to another, and starts a new life.
Directors: Roger Le Bon, Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Firmin Gémier, France Ellys, Yvonne Hébert, Ghislaine Bru
Votes: 15
62. Payment Deferred (1932)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama
A man poisons his nephew out of desperation for money.
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ray Milland, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 777
63. Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Story of a rendezvous in Paris which is prepared through telephone calls between a Berlin telephonist and his female colleague in Paris.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Josette Day, Germaine Aussey, Wolfgang Klein, Karel Stepanek
Votes: 139
64. Visul lui Tanase (1932)
Comedy
Film sketches about Tanase's adventures in Berlin where he had been invited to play in a film.
Director: Bernd Aldor | Stars: Constantin Tanase, Bernd Aldor, Lydia Alexandra, Felix Bressart
Votes: 21
65. Shame (1932)
115 min | Drama
During the first Five Year Plan in the USSR, an elderly worker in a Leningrad turbine factory comes under the influence of a saboteur planning to wreck production goals
Directors: Fridrikh Ermler, Sergei Yutkevich | Stars: Vladimir Gardin, Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina, Tatyana Guretskaya, Andrei Abrikosov
Votes: 90
66. Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmesa (1932)
88 min | Comedy
Sherlock Holmes must find someone to impersonate King Fernando XXIII of Puerto Rico, but the double he chooses doesn't prove to be as manageable as the great detective could have hoped.
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Martin Fric, Lída Baarová, E. Jansenova
Votes: 191
67. La tavola dei poveri (1932)
71 min | Comedy, Drama
Marquis Fusaro is a Napoletan nobleman and a chairman of the charity organization which helps the poor. But unbeknownst to his rich friends he himself is also completely broke and has to ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Raffaele Viviani, Leda Gloria, Salvatore Costa, Marcello Spada
Votes: 41
68. Funebrák (1932)
92 min | Comedy
Classic comedy with famous Vlasta Burian in the lead role tells us about an undertaker who loves his job very much and who during a wedding which he mistakenly considers as a funeral ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Lída Baarová, Milka Balek-Brodská, Emil Dlesk
Votes: 93
69. F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
114 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Hans Albers, Sybille Schmitz, Paul Hartmann, Peter Lorre
Votes: 306
70. Die elf Schill'schen Offiziere (1932)
101 min
Director: Rudolf Meinert | Stars: Friedrich Kayßler, Hertha Thiele, Heinz Klingenberg, Hans Brausewetter
Votes: 15
71. Les amours de Pergolèse (1933)
80 min
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Pierre Richard-Willm, Robert Pizani, Simone Vaudry, Leda Ginelly
72. S. O. S. Iceberg (1933)
90 min | Adventure, Drama
An expedition goes in search of a party lost the year before.
Director: Arnold Fanck | Stars: Gustav Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Ernst Udet
Votes: 256
73. Spy (1933)
77 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Mieczyslaw Krawicz | Stars: Hanka Ordonówna, Boguslaw Samborski, Jerzy Leszczynski, Jerzy Pichelski
Votes: 47
74. Ray of Sunshine (1933)
87 min | Drama
Vienna, at the height of the Great Depression. Like so many others, Hans has no work, no money, nowhere to live. Having lost his livelihood as a taxi driver, he decides that the only ... See full summary »
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Annabella, Gustav Fröhlich, Paul Otto, Hans Marr
Votes: 189
75. Baby Face (1933)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier
Votes: 8,161
76. Gesuzza the Garibaldian Wife (1933)
75 min | Drama, History
The story is the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan, as part of the risorgimento, to reach Garibaldi's headquarters in Northern Italy, and to petition the revered revolutionary to ... See full synopsis »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia, Gianfranco Giachetti, Mario Ferrari
Votes: 255
77. Acciaio (1933)
67 min | Drama
In the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends (Mario and Pietro) fight for the love of the same girl (Gina). Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Stars: Piero Pastore, Isa Pola, Vittorio Bellaccini, Alfredo Polveroni
Votes: 102
78. Fanny (1933)
96 min | Comedy
Italian version of Marcel Pagnol's play, Fanny, in which the pregnant lover of a sailor marries another, older man she doesn't really love, while the father is away.
Director: Mario Almirante | Stars: Dria Paola, Alfredo De Sanctis, Mino Doro, Lamberto Picasso
Votes: 20
79. July 14 (1933)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean is a young cab driver. Anna, a flower-girl neighbour, is in love with him. But he is still thinking to Pola, who just left him. Jean asks her to the bal. Many events (Pola's come back,... See full summary »
Director: René Clair | Stars: Annabella, Jorge Rigaud, Raymond Cordy, Paul Ollivier
Votes: 474
80. Les aventures du roi Pausole (1933)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Alexis Granowsky | Stars: André Berley, José Noguéro, Edwige Feuillère, Josette Day
Votes: 22
81. Tell Me Tonight (1932)
85 min | Comedy
Opera singer Enrico Ferraro escapes from his manager and too many engagements changing trains for the Riviera. He makes a friend and stops at a village for some well deserved holidays, where he meets a beautiful girl.
Directors: Pierre Colombier, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Jan Kiepura, Pierre Brasseur, Charlotte Lysès, Magda Schneider
Votes: 76
82. U snedeného krámu (1933)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
An unsentimental and yet touching story of a man whose insincere desire for love leads him to fall prey to the profiteering trappings of his neighbor and her daughter.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Frantisek Smolík, Antonie Nedosinská, Ela Poznerová, Ella Nollová
Votes: 40
83. The Death Agony of the Eagles (1933)
125 min | Drama, History
During the Restoration, Napoleon's officers are retired and living on half pay. Useless and idle, they spend their time meeting in hope of his return. When the emperor dies, they plot to offer the throne to his son, L'Aiglon.
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Constant Rémy, Jean Debucourt, Marcel André
Votes: 29
84. The Great Consoler (1933)
95 min | Drama
In basis of film are facts from biography of the American writer O. Henry and two his short stories.
Director: Lev Kuleshov | Stars: Konstantin Khokhlov, Ivan Novoseltsev, Vasili Kovrigin, Andrey Fayt
Votes: 199
85. Adjutant to His Highness (1933)
77 min | Comedy
Lieutenant Patera is unhappily involved in a scandalous affair in the highest circles of the Habsburg monarchy and is transferred to a remote garrison in Mnyuk as a punishment.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Nora Stallich, Suzanne Marwille, Jaroslav Marvan
Votes: 54
86. This Day and Age (1933)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell, Harry Green
Votes: 236
87. Ítél a Balaton (I) (1933)
58 min | Drama
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Gyula Csortos, Maria Mindzenty, Antal Páger, Mór Ditrói
Votes: 28
88. F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
"F.P.1 Doesn't Answer" is a 1933 adventure / science fiction movie starring Conrad Veldt, Jill Esmond, Leslie Fenton.
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Jill Esmond, Leslie Fenton, George Merritt
Votes: 192
89. La maternelle (1933)
83 min | Drama
When her father files bankruptcy and then dies, Rose's fiancé jilts her; she takes a job as a maid in a Montmartre kindergarten with 150 poor children. Rose gives each child loving ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein | Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Alice Tissot, Paulette Élambert, Sylvette Fillacier
Votes: 133
90. Unfinished Symphony (1934)
84 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. ... See full summary »
Directors: Anthony Asquith, Willi Forst | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Helen Chandler, Hans Jaray, Eliot Makeham
Votes: 36
91. Meseautó (1934)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
A light hearted comedy, from the thirties. One of the most successful ones in Hungary. The ever enchanting story of a beautiful girl falling in love with a rich man.
Director: Béla Gaál | Stars: Zita Perczel, Ella Gombaszögi, Klári Tolnay, Jenö Törzs
Votes: 723
92. Madame Bovary (1934)
101 min | Drama
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault, who is well-endowed in every sense. In her new home,... See full summary »
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan
Votes: 546
93. Caravan (1934)
Approved | 101 min | Musical
Member of royal family is forced to marry a vagabond.
Director: Erik Charell | Stars: Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Jean Parker, Phillips Holmes
Votes: 150
Germans in Hollywood
94. Workers, Let's Go (1934)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: George Voskovec, Jan Werich, Helena Busová, Josef Skrivan
Votes: 217
95. Matka Krácmerka (1934)
Director: Vladimír Slavínský | Stars: Theodor Pistek, Antonie Nedosinská, Hana Vítová, Rolf Wanka
Votes: 25
96. Poslední muz (1934)
Comedy
Alois Kohout is a high school professor, a despotic family tyrant and a creep before whom everyone trembles in panic terror. And yet there is a man who manages to knock the professor's ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Hugo Haas, Zdenka Baldová, Marie Glázrová, Antonín Novotný
Votes: 41
97. Op hoop van zegen (1934)
105 min | Drama
Driven by poverty and honor fisherwoman Kniertje sends the last of her kin to sea. Her two sons will work on the Op hoop van zegen, of which some people in town doubt it is seaworthy.
Directors: Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn | Stars: Esther De Boer-van Rijk, Philip Dorn, Jan Van Ees, Annie Verhulst
Votes: 44
98. Het meisje met den blauwen hoed (1934)
109 min | Comedy
When grocers's son Daantje Pieters is drafted, he falls for a girl in a blue hat he spots aboard the train to the garrison. At the barracks in The Hague, crafty conman Toontje takes Daantje... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Meinert | Stars: Truus Van Aalten, Lou Bandy, Roland Varno, Adrienne Solser
Votes: 49
99. The House of Rothschild (1934)
Passed | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
The wealthy Rothschild family undergoes prejudice from the anti-Semitic society they live within.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Sidney Lanfield | Stars: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young
Votes: 1,326
100. Power (1934)
104 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of life in the 18th century Jewish ghetto of Wurtemburg. Suess tries to better himself with the help of an evil Duke.
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Benita Hume, Frank Vosper, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 234
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