Hermann Sudermann

An attractive woman from the city, on vacation, stays in a small farming community and dazzles a young married farmer... (imdb)

A Berlin-dwelling farm girl hides a secret from her foolish husband -- while she milks cows by day, by night she's a nightclub maven who also poses nude for artists. (TCM.com)

1885. For the opera festival it has organized, the small town of Imlingen has invited a famous singer, Maddalena Dall'Orto, who will not only sing at the local opera but will also perform the part of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion at church. The lady is welcomed by an enthusiastic welcome committee comprising the Prince of Imlingen himself. (imdb)

From the same Sudermann story that inspired Murnau's Sunrise: a villager is tempted by a sophisticated city woman and almost kills his wife in a boating accident.

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.