In the year 2026, the city of Metropolis is divided between the wealthy planners and the impoverished workers. The son of the city's mastermind, Freder, falls in love with Maria, a working-class prophet who predicts the arrival of a savior to unite the two classes. As Freder discovers the harsh realities of the workers' lives, he joins forces with Maria to lead a rebellion against the oppressive rulers. Together, they fight for social justice and equality, striving to bridge the gap between the head and hands of society.

Doctor Mabuse is a criminal mastermind, doctor of psychology, and master of disguise, armed with the powers of hypnosis and mind control, who oversees the counterfeiting and gambling rackets of the Berlin underworld. He visits gambling dens by night under various guises and aliases, using the power of suggestion to win at cards and finance his plans.

As the police intensify their bemusing search on Doctor Mabuse's notorious band of gangsters, the deceptive, elusive hypnotist Mabuse simultaneously begins to close in on himself.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 silent horror film that tells the story of Dr. Caligari, a sinister hypnotist, who uses a sleepwalking patient named Cesare to commit murders. The film is famous for its groundbreaking visual style and twist ending.

In 1984, Academy Award winning composer Giorgio Moroder introduced Fritz Lang’s science fiction epic Metropolis to a new generation of filmgoers. Working in collaboration with film archivists globally, Moroder supervised a special reconstruction, with color tinting, fewer intertitles and newly restored footage. A pioneer in the field of digital music, Moroder backed this special edition with a throbbing new score, punctuated with pop songs from some of the biggest stars of the early MTV era: Freddie Mercury, Pat Benatar, Adam Ant, Bonnie Tyler, Loverboy and others.

In 1930s Germany, a criminal mastermind known as Dr. Mabuse orchestrates a criminal conspiracy aimed at achieving world domination. He uses his knowledge as a psychologist and professor to manipulate people's minds through hallucination. Dr. Mabuse employs time bombs to carry out his plans, causing chaos and panic among the population. Meanwhile, a dedicated police inspector tries to unravel the secrets behind Dr. Mabuse's criminal organization, leading to a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase.

Dr. Mabuse, a criminal mastermind and master of disguise, uses hypnotism and mind control to carry out his nefarious plans, including counterfeiting money, gambling dens, and train robberies. As the state prosecutor and a psychoanalyst try to stop him, they uncover a web of deception, illegal gambling, and underground activities in a corrupt society.

In Spies (1928), a criminal mastermind and a female spy clash in a race against time to recover a disappearing ink formula and prevent a train crash. With elements of romance and thriller, this silent film takes viewers on a suspenseful journey filled with chase scenes, secret codes, and unexpected twists.

German silent film

Four Around the Woman is a 1921 silent film that revolves around a story of deceit, jealousy, and the involvement of a private detective. The film explores the consequences of lies and delusions within a husband-wife relationship.

In this melodramatic silent film, a woman runs away from her abusive husband and seeks refuge in the mountains. She encounters a shepherd and a monk who help her along her journey. As she navigates the treacherous landscape, she must confront her past and make life-changing decisions.

Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.

In a distant Teutonic village, people dance and drink merrily celebrating a wedding feast. However, an elderly man tells the villagers that the valley where they live wasn't always happy but sorrowful. This was due to the tyranny of the master of the mountains who ruled the valley despotically.

A young woman in Berlin is offered a job at a night club in Budapest. There she is abducted and brought to a brothel in Athens.

Identities are changed in the Austrian countryside. A simple woman does this to test the affections of a store manager, he too changes character several times and there are other locals who do this as well.

The double standards of a social class, which pontificates with big words what is proper and improper in the world of morality, while in its heart thinks very differently and acts accordingly.