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It is classics of world cinematography, the first sound-film of the famous German director Fritz Lang, by that time famous as a silent movie expressionist, neo-romantic and for his epic works ( “Tired Death”, “Dr. Mabuse the Gambler”, “Nibelungen”, “Metropolis”).

At first glance, this is a common criminal history between drama and detective thriller about case of “The Vampire of Düsseldorf” that shook the whole Germany. Such films in cinema, especially in Hollywood, are not unusual, and it seems that there is nothing to talk about if it wasn’t for the great professional skill of the author and humanistic message of the movie.


The Door
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The Door

David achieved anything what he wanted in his life on his own: he became a very successful painter, and he has a wonderful daughter. But now he is having a difficult time. His seven-year-old daughter died and he blames himself for everything, since it happened because he made wrong desision. Since that tragic episode David got terribly depressed and doesn’t want to live anymore. But one day he discovers a mysterious door, which completely changes his life. The point is this door makes it possible to go back to the past and correct the mistakes made. But what seemed to be a happiness  and an opportunity to change everything,  turns to be a real horror, leading to irreversible consequences.


The Princess and the Warrior
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The Princess and the Warrior

Sissi – a Princess – is a nurse in a mental hospital. Bodo – a warrior – is a former soldier, moonlighting everywhere. The coincidence brought them together, he stole something from the supermarket, and running away from security guards, hangin’ on the passing truck. The driver was distracted and knocked Sissi. She was lying under the truck and was choking, unable to move. He came out of the crowd of onlookers, to beat the life back into her lungs and disappeared just as suddenly. Sissy realized that they didn’t just meet accidentally, and now she is looking for her savior, to understand what is the role of this man in her life. They are a really weird couple, bound together by impossibility of the existence without each other.


The Hunt for the Hidden Relic
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The Hunt for the Hidden Relic

Young archaeologist Steffen discovers a two-thousand-year-old tomb during archaeological excavations near Jerusalem. And there is an old skeleton clutching in his hand the instructions for the supermodern video camera that have not yet come on the market and a piece of paper with the name Jesus. Steffen suggests that he found the remains of a time traveler, who visited the ancient Palestine, and the camera could capture the image of Christ. The sensational finding that threatens the basics of world religions, becomes a reason for violent fight between the powerful forces. And Steffen got the encrypted instructions in his hand. Persecuted from all sides, he hopes to solve this incredible mystery, hidden in the ancient monastery in the Negev desert where according to legend is “sacred mirror” with the image of Jesus…