Hermann Picha
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1865-03-20
Locus Natus: Berlin, Germany
Et ut: Hermann August Karl Picher
Destiny
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....
release : 1921.10.06popularis : 7.869
Cab No. 13
The film starts with a woman on the run from her millionaire husband giving birth to a daughter in the home of a washerwoman. The woman dies in...
release : 1926.03.06popularis : 0.932
Tartuffe
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical...
release : 1926.01.25popularis : 4.9
The White Horse Inn
Based on the play of the same name by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.
release : 1926.08.27popularis : 1.031
Das Geschlecht der Schelme. 1. Teil
A young woman marries a count who is not what he seems.
release : 1917.01.01popularis : 0.892
Tragedy of the Street
Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking...
release : 1927.04.14popularis : 3.857
Hilde Warren and Death
Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the...
release : 1917.08.31popularis : 2.281
The Island of the Lost
The Island of the Lost (German: Die Insel der Verschollenen) is a 1921 German silent science fiction film . It is a loose unauthorized adaptation of...
release : 1921.11.21popularis : 1.366
The Green Alley
An ill-fated love affair between a brothel waitress and a doctor's son.
release : 1928.01.01popularis : 1.42
Fear
A millionaire steals an ancient idol causing some natives call upon him a terrible curse.
release : 1917.03.06popularis : 1.267
Im Strudel des Verkehrs. Ein Film für Jedermann
A movie about road safety education.
release : 1925.09.29popularis : 0.637
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
The story of Romeo and Juliet, a tale as old as time-- Here, played as farcical lark: A goofy comedy of manners set in a snowy Bavarian village.
release : 1920.03.11popularis : 4.241
Manon Lescaut
A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
release : 1926.02.15popularis : 2.229
The Folk Upstairs
In "Menschen Untereinander" ("The Folk Upstairs"), director Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its...
release : 1926.04.03popularis : 1.879
Comedians
"Comedians" - Axel Swinborne is a celebrated stage star. Although much in demand, he now wants to recover and travel by train on vacation. He leans...
release : 1925.02.23popularis : 0.66
Arabella
A foal runs away from its native pasture, falls into a swamp and is rescued by the circus dancer Arabella. The stud owner, a young gentleman rider,...
release : 1924.10.01popularis : 1.686
Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer
Deviating from the historical facts, Lola is introduced as a young Spanish “Gypsy” who becomes involuntarily embroiled in an attempt to...
release : 1922.12.28popularis : 0.728
The Woman Worth Millions
Here Richter plays an Armenian princess whose father is being held prisoner by a despotic and corrupt pasha. A confrontation at the New Year’s...
release : 1923.03.08popularis : 0.884
The Making of a King
The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
release : 1935.01.02popularis : 1.291
Paprika
When Ilona visits her married friend Otti, she is just delighted to discover that the man she likes is not other than Otti's brother-in-law, Paul. As...
release : 1932.11.04popularis : 1.957
Annemarie, the Bride of the Company
A military comedy in which Annemarie is the center of attention.
release : 1932.10.27popularis : 0.633
Mother and Child
Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is...
release : 1934.01.04popularis : 1.836
Number Three Cavalryman
A town's business begins to suffer, when a military outfit is confined to quarters for three weeks because they have been harassing the local women.
release : 1932.08.31popularis : 0.497
Ein ausgekochter Junge
Slapstick comedy about a couple brought together by hypnosis.
release : 1931.10.23popularis : 0.753
A Tremendously Rich Man
A man swallows a diamond - and suddenly all people around him change their attitude towards him.
release : 1932.02.13popularis : 1.224
Shadows of the Arena
Artonis is an acrobat employed in the circus owned by Elvira Starke. Apparently he confines his acrobatics to the bedroom, because he's carrying on...
release : 1931.02.20popularis : 0.805
The Beggar Student
First of several filmed versions of a popular period operetta, in which an early 18th century noblewoman in Poland falls in love with a revolutionary...
release : 1931.02.03popularis : 0.429
The funny musicians
Different kinds of Berliners, the well to do along with the ordinary shopkeepers, enjoy their weekends in the city's suburban garden colonies.
release : 1930.10.23popularis : 2.55
Casanova
Seven episodes tell the story of the exciting life of legendary charmer Casanova.
release : 1928.01.01popularis : 0.808
Suzy Saxophone
Silent version of a story later remade in French and German as Baby: A count's daughter wants a stage career, her show girl friend wants an...
release : 1928.11.01popularis : 2.118
Rasputins Liebesabenteuer
Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.
release : 1928.09.25popularis : 2.35
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
Alexander Bessel is a young man in a failing marriage. His wife cheats on him, and so the outbreak of WW1 comes in handy for a change. When young...
release : 1927.12.08popularis : 1.136
The Weavers
Die Weber (1927), a rousing German tale of the 1844 weavers’ revolution.
release : 1927.04.29popularis : 1.009
Das tanzende Wien
A cabaret singer in Germany is in love with a young American boy, and must convince his disapproving father that she is worthy of his son.
release : 1927.10.01popularis : 0.974
Svengali
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
release : 1927.09.06popularis : 0.987
The Imaginary Baron
The film follows the comic (mis)adventures of a poor street musician, who is roped into posing as an eccentric nobleman. He and his antics are...
release : 1927.03.04popularis : 0.554
Rinaldo Rinaldini
A gentleman trades place with a notorious gangster who's his dead ringer to prevent an evil baron to marry his fiancée.
release : 1927.02.25popularis : 0.818
Only a Dancing Girl
Heinrich Zentler is a successful man, both on football and in his legal career.
release : 1926.11.04popularis : 1.428
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi
Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her...
release : 1921.10.22popularis : 3.358
Sleeping Beauty
An adaptation of the famous fairy tale.
release : 1917.12.20popularis : 0.88
The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires
Thanks to the treasure of the Queen of Sheba, Maud, who now calls herself Fergusson, has become an immensely wealthy woman. The plane that rescued...
release : 1920.01.16popularis : 0.673
Flight Around the World
A spectacular action-adventure travelogue with stages in Genoa, Suez, Colombo, Singapore, Canton, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York and...
release : 1925.03.06popularis : 1.366
Time Is Money
The neglected young wife of a workaholic businessman looks for love.
release : 1923.07.19popularis : 0.632
Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
Billionaire's daughter Ethel Vandergolt has rejected so many lovers that they set up a club to get revenge on her.
release : 1917.06.01popularis : 0.211