Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.

A man, the heir to an empire, believes that marriage will ruin a man's life. Unfortunately, the only...

A dead, seven-year-old girl is found in a fisherman's net.

When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes ...

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, ...

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economi...

A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives....

A town in south of Sweden is isolated after a viral outbreak. The Swedes and immigrants still inside...

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I...

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to...

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when sh...

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Gr...

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansi...

Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments ri...

An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for the...

Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old ...

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. ...

The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the oth...

Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman ...