Directed byJoe May OriginGerman GenresDrama, Adventure ActorsMia May, Michael Bohnen, Hans Mierendorff, Ernst Hofmann, Paul Morgan, Victor Janson Rating57% German: Die Herrin der Welt 1. Teil – Die Freundin des gelben Mannes
Young Danish adventuress Maud Gregaards (Mia May) answers an advertisement to take up a position as a governess in China. There, she falls victim to the white slave-trade and is placed in a brothel. She is freed by her travel companion, Dr. Kien-Lung (Henry Sze), but the physician is then kidnapped by the devilish Hai-Fung, who also captures and tortures Maud. Chinese consul Madsen (Michael Bohnen) releases both Dr. Kein-Lung and Maud from the clutches of Hai-Fung. It is later revealed that Maud is harbouring a secret plot of revenge that brought her to China. Maud decides to tell her two trusted companions what that secret is.
Jolanthe von Brissac est la dame d'honneur d'une grande duchesse. La duchesse veut qu'elle épouse le comte Falken, bien que Jolanthe ne l’aime pas. Après un court mariage, le comte meurt lors d'une chasse. Un peu plus tard, Jolanthe fait la connaissance le temps d'une danse d'un autre homme, qui ne se montre pas, puisqu'il porte un masque. Jolanthe est fascinée par cet inconnu mystérieux, l'invite à prendre un thé et se donne finalement à lui. Elle ne soupçonne pas que l'inconnu mystérieux est le médecin Wolfgang Sanders.
, 54minutes Directed byRobert Wiene OriginGerman GenresHorror ActorsConrad Veidt, Bruno Deciarli, Bernhard Goetzke, Mechthildis Thein, Hermann Picha Roles Count Greven Rating60% Count Greven (Bruno de Carli) returns to his old castle after spending several years touring the world. The servants note how the count has changed: he is now withdrawn and fearful. He orders that the doors to the castle be kept locked and no one admitted. When he is left alone in his room, Greven opens a chest he brought from his travels, inside it there is a strange statue that he adds to his vast collection of rare works of art. Several days pass and a worried servant (Bernhard Goetzke) informs the town's minister (Hermann Picha) about his master's melancholia. The old man visits the castle looking to help. The count confesses the minister how, during his stay in India, he had heard of a statue of Buddha that was so beautiful that it made the sick well and the sad joyous; while visiting the temple, he stole the figure and smuggled it back home. The count tells the minister that the temple's priest swore a terrible revenge upon him for his sacrilege, and he has been living in fear of their secret powers ever since. The minister leaves shocked, believing that Greven has gone mad. The count screams in despair that he no longer wants to live, since the agony of suspense is worse than death.