List of the best Paul Wegener movies: The Golem(1920), Sumurun(1920), Loves of Pharaoh(1922) ... ...
Horror
Germany
1920
91 Minutes
Director
Paul Wegener Albert Steinruck Ernst Deutsch Lydia Salmonova Hanns Sturm Otto Gebühr Lothar Muthel Greta Schröder Loni Nest Max Kronert
creature rabbi emperor daughter assistant little girl dark melodramatic frightening dreamy prague palace ghetto the golem supernatural magic myth religious persecution metamorphosis rescue
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Adventure, Romance, Drama
Germany
1920
115 Minutes
Ernst Lubitsch Pola Negri Paul Wegener Jenny Hasselquist Aud Egede Nissen Harry Liedtke Margarete Kupfer Jakob Tiedtke Max Kronert Paul Biensfeldt Paul Graetz
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
Drama, History
1922
100 Minutes
Emil Jannings Paul Biensfeldt Friedrich Kühne Albert Basserman Harry Liedtke Paul Wegener
War ensures when an Egyptian king's (Emil Jannings) desire for a slave girl (Friedrich Kühne) leads him to reject an arranged marriage with an Ethiopian princess.