Gerhard Lamprecht

A boy, on a trip to his grandmother's house, is robbed and proceeds to investigate and attempt to apprehend the criminal.

If watching a fellow facing indifference/rejection in the slums of Berlin didn't convey enough pathos, Gerhard Lamprect gathered much of the same crew from Die Verrufenene and turned his attention to the city's population of unwanted children for the heart-tugging Die Unehelichen, released the following year. The trio of foster children at the center of Die Verrufenene are survivors who use their own resourcefulness to get by when the kids' guardians and the system itself let them down.

The story of a good girl's descent to a life on the street has been told many times in cinema, but Lamprecht's telling is filled with such humanity and feel for the denizens of the demimonde that it approaches masterpiece. (SF Silent Film Festival)

It was not just the children who were treated badly by the wealthy Weimar republic. Robert Kramer is released from prison but struggles to adjust to civilian life. His father disowns him out, his wife has left him for another man. There is no work. He eventually arrives in a shelter for the homeless, and seeks salvation through Emma, a prostitute. (imdb)

The story of a Berlin tenement and its inhabitants. A silent drama by Gerhard Lamprecht.

Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.

Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.

In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Several paramilitary Freikorps units battle the French forces, among them the Black Brunswickers led by the 'Black Duke' Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After the War of the Fifth Coalition, the Black Hussars are pursued by Napoleon throughout the country, but frequently take refuge with the noble-minded German people.

Saga of the Buddenbrook family and their business, set in 19th century Germany.

A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.

A country woman in love with a business agent gives birth to a child after he has deserted her for the big city, which causes a scandal. (imdb)

Orphan Enid White becomes the ward of a cruel man. She gets close to her guardian’s wife and also to his son, who secretly comes to visit when his father is not around. One evening Enid is whipped by the patriarch, and hours later he is found dead. An investigation follows.

The film centers on a family divided by politics. While the son, a staunch Prussian, is horrified by his father's treacherous support for the French, he equally condemns the local patriots' mindless spirit of revenge.