F. W. Murnau — Director (21)

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Journey Into the Night (1921)
Der Gang in die Nacht Douban
F·W·茂瑙 actor: 奥拉夫·方斯 / 埃尔娜·莫雷纳 …
other title: 夜中行 / Der Gang in die Nacht …
聲譽日隆的醫生與妻子漸行漸遠,繼而戀上了跳舞女郎,和她搬到鄉下雙宿雙棲。兩人遇上失明的畫家,醫生治好了畫家的雙眼,而女郎則愛上了復明的畫家,直至畫家的眼睛再度失明……北海岸邊對比強烈的光影,襯托着生死愛戀的掙扎。茂瑙不斷反覆講述的三角戀愛和良心角力故事,在他這部最早的傳世作品中已經可見。改編自丹麥劇作家夏里亞‧布洛的作品《勝利者》。

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City Girl (1930)
City Girl WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.4 9 ratings
F·W·茂瑙 actor: Charles Farrell / 玛丽·邓肯 Mary Duncan …
other title: 都市女郎 / 시티 걸 …
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

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The Haunted Castle (1921)
Schloß Vogelöd Douban
F·W·茂瑙 actor: 阿诺尔德·科尔夫 / Lulu Kyser-Korff …
other title: 古堡惊魂 / Schloß Vogelöd …
In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one...

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Marizza (1922)
Marizza, genannt die Schmuggler WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
F.W. Murnau actor: Tzwetta Tzatschewa / 阿德勒·桑德罗克 …
other title: 女走私犯玛丽莎 / Marizza, genannt die Schmuggler …
MARIZZA is the first of Murnau's peasant films. Marizza is tired of her smuggler employer's orders for her to play up to the gendarmes so that he and his men can ship contraband. She leaves and begins work at the farm of an impoverished aristocrat, Mme. Avricolos and her twin sons, Christo (dynamic) and Antonino (dreamy). Marizza is discovered in Christo's room by his mother and she banishes Marizza who runs away with Antonino. Mme. Avricolos sets the smugglers on their trail and they are found, poor and starving (shades of TABU). Marizza plays up to the gendarmes, especially Haslinger, in order to get money, but Antonino becomes jealous and attacks Haslinger. Marizza kills the latter to save Antonino, who accuses himself of the murder. There is a last minute rescue of both Marizza and her baby from a burning cabin.

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四恶魔 (1928)
4 Devils Douban
F·W·茂瑙 actor: 安德斯·兰道夫 / Barry Norton …
other title: 4 Devils / Four Devils
Four orphans, raised by an aging clown, becomes a high wire act in a circus.

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Burning Soil (1922)
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other title: 燃烧的大地 / Der brennende Acker …
IMDB Plot When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's secretary. His ambition leads him to charm Gerda, the Count's unique daughter. But when he discovers that Count's second wife Helga will soon inherit a field that only he knows his underground is full with petroleum, he changes his allegiance... Greed and death. Written by Yepok

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Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
Die Finanzen des Großherzogs WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.0 5 ratings
F·W·茂瑙 actor: 麦迪·克里斯蒂安斯 / Harry Liedtke …
other title: 公爵的钱财 / Die Finanzen des Großherzogs …
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins...

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Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (1922)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
★ 8.0 201 ratings
other title: 诺斯费拉图 / Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens …
The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.

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Faust (1926)
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
★ 8.5 79 ratings
F·W·茂瑙 actor: 格斯塔·埃克曼 / 埃米尔·雅宁斯 …
other title: 파우스트 / Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage …
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.