William Dieterle

God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.

Dir. F. W. Murnau · With Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Dir. William Dieterle · With Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

Dir. William Dieterle · With Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.

Dir. William Dieterle · With Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut