Douglas Sirk

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, ...

A young woman touring Germany is caught between a married symphony conductor and a doctor from back home.

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early ...

Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family ...

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes ...

In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an ...

In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he ...

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth ...

Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for ...

Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor ...

Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. ...

In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.

Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly ...

When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.

A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a “French” movie star and pass her off ...

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps ...

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can’t remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she’s ...

In early 19th century New England, an attractive unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to deceive and control the men around her.

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

It’s a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent ...

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.

A 19th-century London cabaret singer is deported to prison in Australia. Her crime? Taking the blame when her lover bounces checks.

While vacationing in Puerto Rico, a young Swedish woman falls in love with and marries a powerful local landowner. Ten years later, their ...

After her husband dies, a German woman who gave up her infant for adoption to emigrate to America returns to Germany, discovering that her child ...

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid – an impoverished girl from the marsh.