Movies: Karl Platen
- 1931
M (1931)
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In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in th...
- 1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
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After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a ...
- 1922
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
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Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies B...
- 1921
Destiny (1921)
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As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exot...
- 1929
Asphalt (1929)
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One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love story set in the traffic-strewn Berlin of the late 1920s. Starring the delectable Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Asphalt is a luxuriously pr...
- 1920
Anna Boleyn (1920)
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The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England....
- 1926
Children of No Importance (1926)
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If watching a fellow facing indifference/rejection in the slums of Berlin didn't convey enough pathos, Gerhard Lamprecht gathered much of the same crew from Die Verrufenen and turned his attention to the city's population of unwanted children for the...
- 1919
Madame DuBarry (1919)
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The story of Madame du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution....
- 1921
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi (1921)
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Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi Ramigani to England to look for Herbert Rowland, an architect; but when he o...
- 1928
Luther (1928)
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German silent film about the life of Martin Luther...
- 1946
Free Land (1946)
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After World War II, scores of refugees leave in search of a new home. They now stand in the hall of a large mansion, waiting to receive their deeds of ownership for sections of land that the lord of the manor had left behind after he fled. Among them...
- 1943
Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
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A grieving husband tries to uncover the truth behind his wife's suicide, leading him to discover a tragic tale of infidelity and redemption....
- 1923
Warning Shadows (1923)
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During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the...
- 1937
Fridericus (1937)
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In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin....
- 1939
We're Dancing Around the World (1939)
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- 1930
Wie werde ich reich und glücklich? (1930)
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The permanent lack of money is giving Kibis a real headache. The rent has been overdue for seven months and now he is threatened with eviction. Then one day he comes across the brochure "How to become rich and happy"......
- 1940
Die keusche Geliebte (1940)
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- 1920
Catherine the Great (1920)
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The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia....
- 1939
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939)
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Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents must helplessly watch as their young ones die. ...
- 1924
Husbands or Lovers (1924)
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A wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet....