By Vlad Zakh · July 31, 2026
Reinhold Schunzel built an accomplished career as a German film pioneer and later a respected Hollywood character actor after fleeing the Nazis. Notorious recruits a woman to spy on Nazi sympathisers, Dragonwyck uncovers dark secrets in an aristocratic cousin’s house, Golden Earrings disguises a British officer among gypsies, and Berlin Express rescues a kidnapped German peace advocate. The 3 Penny Opera and Madame DuBarry round out the list.
01 Buddy Roosevelt features in this thriller about Allied agents from different nations who join forces to rescue a kidnapped German official.
Directed by Jacques Tourneur · 1h 27m
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Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
02 Dennis Hoey appears in this wartime drama about a British intelligence officer who disguises himself among gypsies to escape occupied Germany.
Directed by Mitchell Leisen · 1h 35m · Rated NR
03 Anne Revere appears in this gothic drama about a young woman who marries into a wealthy, mysterious family whose patriarch harbours dark and dangerous secrets.
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1h 43m · Rated NR
Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
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04 A woman is recruited to spy on a Nazi circle in Brazil by infiltrating her own father's old associates.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 43m
Stream: Philo, FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: FlixFling
05 Reinhold Schünzel is in this German adaptation about a notorious London criminal whose marriage to a police chief's daughter ignites a battle between rival underworld factions.
Directed by G.W. Pabst · 1h 52m
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max
Stream: Criterion Channel
06 Emil Jannings features in this Lubitsch silent about a seductive commoner who rises to become the mistress of King Louis XV amid the turmoil of pre-revolutionary France.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 54m
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