Weimar Berlin: 1919–1933

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

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…

A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin then gradually slows down as it pulls into the station. It is very early in the morning about 5:00 AM and the great city is mostly quiet. But before long there are…

In 1933 in Berlin. Anna is only nine years old when her life changes from the ground up. To escape the Nazis her father Arthur Kemper a well-known Jewish journalist has to flee to Zurich. His family Anna her…

The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors…

In late 1920s Berlin Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.

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…

In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He falls for street sweeper Heinz paying medical bills for the boy's…