Paul Merzbach

It is set in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford on the Clyde estuary. It tells the story of a hatter called James Brodie whose pride and arrogance gradually destroy his family and life.

A house in Paris happens to have two families living there with the same last name. In one apartment lives opera singer Gambetta Duval with his two daughters, Jeanne and Nita. In the second apartment lives old lady Duval with her grandchild Philippa and an her lodger, the physician Leon Monnier. Jeanne is secretly in love with Dr. Monnier who is secretly in love with Nita, who is secretly having an affair with the great playwright Armand de Marny.

French silent star Gina Manès played a femme fatale in Gustaf Molander's film "Synd" (The Sin), based on August Strindberg's Brott och brott (Crime and crime). (youtube.com)

The story of a struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate whose love furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought. (imdb)

As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England falls for a pretty ballerina. (imdb)

In a small mine town north of the circle, Torsten lives, working with his sister Eva and comrade Lars, who is engaged to Eva. The town's bat-owner has a daughter, Märta, who, after trying out the big city life, has returned to the village for a while, and begins to flirt openly with Torsten, but also with Lars. Märta hears of an old gold treasure that will be hidden somewhere in the mountains, trying to seduce both of them and seek both friends to find out the treasure.

The young millionaire Fridolf Johnson and his secretary comes back to Sweden from USA. The millionaire wants to have peace and quiet and change places with his secretary. The silly secretary really takes the opportunity to live the life of a rich man.

The young married couple Sigvard and Isabella Löfgren are constantly being sought by different companies where they are trading on the bill. Sigvard is a traveling salesman and Isabella works as a secretary at a theatre agency seeking artists for a revue.

Two English gentlemen of the upper class, Ivor Willington and Lionel Jessop, play a card game about who will get the young beautiful widow Cathleen Paget and her fortune after her grieving year is over.

Gypsy Lola Montez is told by an old woman that she will marry a king. This is used to poison the throne-pretendent of Spain, giving the crown to Carlos, but this fails. Lola is arrested, but able to convince the local governor of her innocence. Together they go to Venice, the situation in Spain is becoming too dangerous for him. In Venice, she meets a student from Munich and falls in love with him, but her mentor orders her to follow him to Paris, soon involved with future ruler, Napoleon III.