A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate provocations by a superior officer who is competing with him for the love of the daughter of a respected privy councillor. His family bans him to New York, where he falls on hard times until a former circus performer helps him to become a world-renowned trapeze and aerial artiste.

a silent war movie by Heinz Paul

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

An old man is to be evicted from his home. He is the last tenant in an old house. He refuses to leave the flat and barricades himself in and spends his time writing protest letters to the government. Harder measures are soon taken against him.

Taking place over 12 hours on New Years Eve, a concert pianist murders his wife's lover, then frames an innocent man.