Paul Wegener Movies

The Golem

72/100

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.

The Student of Prague

66/100

Balduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a ... See full summary »

Hans Westmar

77/100

This Nazi propaganda film purports to show the story of a Nazi Storm Trooper named Horst Wessel--here called "Hans Westmar"--who took part in street brawls and assassinations in Berlin in ... See full summary »

The Golem

61/100

In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers,... See full summary »

Sumurun

63/100

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.

The Magician

68/100

A magician/alchemist, seeking to create life, finds that he needs the "blood of a virgin" to continue his experiments. He sends out his dwarf assistant to pick out the right girl.

A Daughter of Destiny

62/100

A scientist interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer. The prostitute conceives a female child who has no concept of love, whom the professor adopts.

The Living Dead

63/100

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.

Lucrezia Borgia

67/100

Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, ... See full summary »

The Immortal Heart

70/100

Biography of Paul Henlein, the man who invented the pocket watch.

Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit

61/100

Vanina loves rebel leader Octavio, who gets caught. He gets a pardon and marries Vanina. When he is captured again, Vanina helps him to escape prison. They are both caught, and after his execution she dies from grief.

Diesel

66/100

The Golem and the Dancing Girl

66/100

As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous. Complications ensue.

Augen der Liebe

72/100

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper

84/100

Monna Vanna

Die Weber

70/100

Mein Leben für Irland

49/100

A Nazi-made anti-British propaganda film.

The Lost Shadow

60/100

Der Mann mit der Pranke

Nachtgestalten

Ein Liebesroman im Hause Habsburg