S.O. Schoening Movies

A respectable woman in her 50s inherits a local night club from her husband in a divorce settlement, provided that she shows up there every night at...

An early short film by Douglas Sirk (Detlef Sierck) which takes a satirical look at dubious business practices during the Weimar Republic. It was...

In this exotic adventure, unscrupulous gun runners threaten a captain, and a ship is in danger of sinking.

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against...

A gambling-drama based on Dostoevsky’s works: The retired General Kirileff is addicted to gambling and also has a costly affair. He takes out...

In a harbor bazaar of the Pacific town of Kona, the young sailor Kiwe is offered a mysterious bottle, which supposedly gives her owner power and...

Helene performs in a Paris nightclub run by White Russian exiles. When her husband, an engineer she believed had died in the Russian Civil War,...

The stand-alone opera singer Carmen Casini dare not admit to her adult son, the spoiled race car driver Cecil, that she ruined her voice on a stormy...

A woman is put on trial for murdering a musician who ruined her marriage.

After a passionate affair in Paris, adventurer Sascha Demidoff can no longer forget Sitha, the beautiful Maharani of Eshanpur. He travels through the...

On the eve of the Russian Revolution, a performance of "Tosca" is taking place at the opera house. The artists and staff are too engrossed in their...

As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen of Scott's eventful reign and death focuses on her...

An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he...

Resolute Ellen takes over the operations of the Grand Hotel "Paradise" from her father and immediately goes into action to increase profits. The...

The French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first she wants to take revenge on Count René who...

A Moscow hotel waiter, found at the scene of a murder, tries to locate the real killer among a series of suspects.

A struggling composer gets one of his pieces into a film program and his wife captures the lead part in the production as well.

Short film by Ludwig Beck