Movies by Hans Adalbert Schlettow

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

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 himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an inv...

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German silent film

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler

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.

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno

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.

A Girl from the Reeperbahn

A Girl from the Reeperbahn

Lighthouse keeper Uwe Bull lives with his wife Hanne and the silent assistant Jens in a secluded, small world. When the only survivor from a shipwreck, young Margot from Reeperbahn, is washed up on the island, Uwe's feelings arouses. But dark clouds appear in the sky.

Algol: Tragedy of Power

Algol: Tragedy of Power

An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.

Prisoner Number Seven

Prisoner Number Seven

A young woman, a prisoner who was dressed to steal by her lover, is in jail. She would like to see her sweetheart. One night she succeeds in persuading the doctor of the prison who also is a woman, to be released. She finds the man, a waiter in an elegant hotel, behaving as a cynical Don Juan, he was preparing to rob the safe of the hotel and go away with his new lover, a dancer. This dancer suffers a fatal accident.

Stjenka Rasin

Stjenka Rasin

Gewalt gegen Recht

Gewalt gegen Recht

A minister founds a fraud company, but a lawyer smells a rat.

A Woman Branded

A Woman Branded

Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" (education film) Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded (Eugen Thiele, 1931) opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.

Am roten Kliff

Am roten Kliff

A man is found dead on the small German island of Sylt. There is speculation that it may have been a murder, motivated by romantic jealousy. The man who is to be accused of the crime becomes despondent and aimless, abandoning his wife and children.

The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin

The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin

A taxi driver in Berlin refuses to give up his horse and switch to motor transport.

Das Schweigen im Walde

Das Schweigen im Walde

Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht

Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht

German film from 1917 starring Pola Negri