Paul Wegener Movies

An adaptation of the famous fairy tale.

Balzac adaptation: Escaped convict moves into a brothel where he becomes father to a boy. But his advantageous position is eventually threatened by...

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...

Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic...

A renowned actress rescues a small theater, which is on the verge of bankruptcy.

A man sells his shadow to gain success and fame but soon suffers the terrible consequences of that deal.

Intrigue and love affairs at the court of the Saxon King Augustus the Strong, who can bend a horseshoe with his bare hands and is fighting with the...

Mia Verhag loses her job as a chorus singer when she rejects the advances of the theatre director. While she is in the grips of despair, she...

A shortened, sixty-minute version of Der Golem, re-edited for US release and featuring a score by Cordula Heth.