MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie

Die Marchesa d'Arminiani

1920 · 59 min

A slow, shadowy silent melodrama of injustice and patient vengeance, carried by a magnetic star and a brooding, theatrical mood.

Directed by
Alfred Halm
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Pola Negri, Ernst Dernburg, Fritz Schulz
Overview
A police chief raids a gambling den, and arrests the elderly mother of the young Assunta. Though she pleads with him, he will not release her mother. Years later, Assunta plots her revenge.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: Die Marchesa d'Arminiani

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Alfred Halm
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Pola Negri, Ernst Dernburg, Fritz Schulz
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • justice
  • family
  • betrayal
  • power
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

More like this

Titles like Die Marchesa d'Arminiani

Movie

Casque d'Or

1952

A slow, tender romance wrapped in a somber crime tragedy, with elegant period detail and a haunting sense of inevitable doom.

Dark, melancholic · about justice and betrayal

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • justice
  • betrayal
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
99 min
Details
Casque d'OrHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

A stylish, snowbound whodunit that keeps you guessing, with a bittersweet moral sting and a touch of theatrical grandeur.

Melancholic, tense · about revenge and justice

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • revenge
  • justice
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
114 min
Details
Murder on the Orient ExpressHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Barrabas

1919

A slow-burning silent crime serial that feels like a tense, shadowy descent into a world of ruthless villains and determined revenge.

Dark, tense · about revenge and justice

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • revenge
  • justice
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
489 min
Details
BarrabasHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Judex

1916

A moody, shadowy silent serial that unfolds slowly, blending revenge, romance, and intrigue with a theatrical, old-world charm.

Dark, tense · about revenge and justice

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • revenge
  • justice
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
317 min
Details
JudexHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

5 Is the Perfect Number

2019

A somber, slow-burning descent into vengeance, steeped in nostalgic melancholy and quiet menace.

Dark, melancholic, slow-burn · about revenge and family

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • revenge
  • family
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
102 min
Details
5 Is the Perfect NumberHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Freund Ripp

1923

A quiet, shadowed silent drama that unfolds with patient solemnity, drawing you into its sombre mood rather than its plot.

Same director: Alfred Halm · Dark, melancholic, slow-burn

Also
Same director: Alfred Halm
Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Details
Freund RippHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Colors of Fire

2022

A somber, slow-burning period drama of betrayal and ruin, watching a woman's world crumble with cold elegance.

Dark, melancholic, slow-burn · about revenge and betrayal

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • revenge
  • betrayal
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
135 min
Details
The Colors of FireHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Pandora's Box

1929

A hypnotic, doom-laden silent descent, watching a magnetic woman drift from drawing rooms to squalor with fatal inevitability.

Dark, melancholic · about betrayal

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • betrayal
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
141 min
Details
Pandora's BoxHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Inevitable

1917

A somber, slow-burning silent melodrama of wounded honor and quiet vengeance, felt more through mood than motion.

Dark, melancholic · about revenge and justice

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • revenge
  • justice
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
50 min
Details
The InevitableHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

A cool, jazz-soaked descent into fatalistic longing, where small mistakes spiral into tragedy with quiet, hypnotic inevitability.

Dark, melancholic · about betrayal

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • betrayal
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
92 min
Details
Elevator to the GallowsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Vengeance of Durand

1919

A brooding, old-fashioned melodrama of jealousy and long-nursed spite, played with solemn intensity and a slow, heavy sense of doom.

Dark, melancholic · about revenge and betrayal

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • revenge
  • betrayal
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
70 min
Details
The Vengeance of DurandHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Emmanuelle: Queen of Sados

1980

A sleazy, tense Mediterranean thriller that keeps you uneasy with its mix of eroticism and menace.

Dark, tense · about revenge and family

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • revenge
  • family
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
91 min
Details
Emmanuelle: Queen of SadosHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Alfred Halm
Written by
Alfred Halm
Starring
Pola Negri, Ernst Dernburg, Fritz Schulz, Elsa Wagner, Max Pohl
Cinematography
Theodor Sparkuhl
Runtime
59 min
Country
Germany

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata