Synopsis:
Roberto Rossellini directs his then-wife Ingrid Bergman in the suspenseful drama La Paura (Fear), based on the book by Stefan Zweig. Guilt-stricken Irene Wagner (Bergman) is forced to hide her secret affair with Erich Baumann (Kurt Kreuger) from her husband, Professor Albert Wagner (Mathias Wieman), a scientist in the midst of a serious breakthrough. However, Erich’s ex-girlfriend, Joanne (Renate Mannhardt), finds out and threatens blackmail. This throws Irene into a fit of homicidal and suicidal rage.Read More »
Mathias Wieman
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Roberto Rossellini – Fear (1954)
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Frank Wisbar – Anna und Elisabeth (1933)
1931-1940DramaFrank WisbarGermanyThird Reich Cinema
IMDB says:
Anna a young girl is thought of having the ability to heal people mysteriously. Elisabeth a middle aged aristocratic woman, is disabled and puts all her hopes in meeting Anna and having her disability heal by her.Read More » -
Leni Riefenstahl & Béla Balázs – Das blaue Licht AKA The Blue Light (1932)
Drama1931-1940Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtBéla BalázsClassicsGermanyLeni RiefenstahlSynopsis
Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light glows when the moon is full. Many young men of the village have died trying to follow her. She is driven out of town, and takes to living in the mountains. Eventually she shares the secret of the blue light with one man, and he betrays it.Read More »


