Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | a.k.a. 'Tabu' (1931, Dir. by F.W. Murnau | VIDEO (ISO)

Synopsis :
Tabu is a lyrical documentary of Polynesian life, given added audience appeal with a fictional plotline. The story concerns a young island girl (Anna Chevalier, who like everyone in the cast is a non-professional) who has been consecrated to the gods by her tribespeople. It is thus "tabu" for her to marry; still, she falls in love with a handsome young pearl fisherman (Matahi). The island's holy man takes the girl away in his schooner. Her lover swims after her, but eventually sinks disconsolately into the ocean. Shot completely on location, it was supposed to be a collaboration between German director F. W. Murnau and American documentary producer Robert Flaherty. Flaherty withdrew from the project when he realized the film was taking a romanticized approach. Murnau never lived to see the final product; he was killed in a car accident just before the film's opening. Begun as a silent film in 1929, Tabu was released in that form in 1931, despite the fact that talking pictures already had been established for nearly three years. Hal Erickson
Title : Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Ano : 1931
Directed : F.W. Murnau
Duration : 81 min.
Original card : English
Subtitles : Spanish, Portuguese
Genres : Drama, Romance, Nature
Country : USA - Unknown  

Tartuffe (Her Tartüff) a.k.a. "Tartufo" (1925, Dir. by F.W. Murnau) VIDEO (ISO)

Synopsis :
How typical of the great German director F. W. Murnau that he used Moliere's scathing satirical comedy Tartuffe as a launching pad for an extended exercise in expressionism. Emil Jannings plays the title character, a religious hypocrite who capitalizes upon the piety of others to line his own pockets. Lusting after Elmire (Lil Dagover), the daughter of gullible millionaire Orgon (Werner Krauss), Tartuffe all but convinces Orgon to hand over Elmire -- and all his land holdings -- on a silver platter in exchange for Divine absolution. On the verge of triumphantly taking over Orgon's mansion and tossing the old man out, Tartuffe is foiled by the deux ex machina arrival of an emissary of the King, who arrests the "hero" for his chicanery (this final scene was imposed upon Moliere by the French censors; originally, Tartuffe got away with his crimes). In his efforts to make the property more cinematic, Murnau adds a framing story concerning an old woman who tries to cheat an old man out of a fortune while the two of them watch a theatrical performance of the Moliere play. Chock full of offbeat camera angles, forced-perspective sets, and spiderlike shadows, Tartuff owes more to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari than it does to Moliere. Emil Jannings went on to collaborate with Murnau in the director's next production, a lavish adaptation of Goethe's Faust. Hal Erickson
Title :   Tartuffe
Original title : Her Tartüff
Ano : 1925
Directed : F.W. Murnau  
Duration : 74 min.
Original card : English
Subtitles : Spanish, Portuguese
Genres : Drama, Comedy  
Country : United States    

Faust (Eine Deutsche Volkssage) a.k.a. Fausto (1926, Dir. by F.W. Murnau) VIDEO (ISO)

 Faust – A German Folktale is a 1926 silent fantasy film, produced by Ufa, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Gösta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite, Frida Richard as her mother, Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother, and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt. Murnau's film draws on older traditions of the legendary tale of Faust as well as on Goethe's classic 1808 version. Ufa wanted Ludwig Berger to direct Faust, as Murnau was engaged with Variety; Murnau pressured the producer and, backed by Jannings, eventually persuaded Erich Pommer to let him direct the film. wiki

Title : Faust (1926)
Original Title : Eine Deutsche Volkssage
Directed : F.W. Murnau
Duration : 116 minutos
Genre : Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country : Alemanha
Synopsis :
Disputing for power over the earth, God and Satan bet the soul of Faust, a learned alchemist. During a plague, this man despairs, burning all his books. At this time Satan sends Mephistopheles to tempt Faust with the return of his youth and the alchemist accepts the pact. One day, bored, he decides to return home, where he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Gretchen, a meeting that will be the girl's dishonor. Adaptation of Goethe's work.

The Last Laugh | a.k.a. A Última Gargalhada (1924, Dir. by F.W. Murnau) VIDEO (ISO)

The Last Laugh is a 1924 German silent film directed by German director F. W. Murnau from a screenplay written by Carl Mayer. The film stars Emil Jannings and Maly Delschaft. wiki

Title : The Last Laugh (1924)
Original title : Der letzte Mann
Directed : F.W. Murnau
Duration : 1h 17 min
Genre : Drama
Country : Germany
Synopsis :
An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | a.k.a. Nosferatu "Uma sinfonia do horror" (1922, Dir. by F.W. Murnau) VIDEO (ISO)

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife of his estate agent and brings the plague to their town. wiki

Original Title :  Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Directed : F.W. Murnau
Duration : 1h 34min
Genre : Terror
Country : Alemanha
Synopsis :
Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim), a real estate agent, travels to the Carpathian Mountains to sell a castle on the Baltic Sea whose owner is the eccentric Count Graf Orlock (Max Schreck), who is actually an ancient vampire who, seeking power, moves to Bremen, Germany, spreading terror in the region. Interestingly, the person who can reverse this situation is Ellen (Greta Schröder), Hutter's wife, as Orlock is attracted to her.