Falsche Scham

A Point of Return

January 1964 •English

A short film portrays the events of a depressed man's day, culminating, presumably, in his suicide, though the ending is ambiguous. Afterwards, a roundtable of mental hygiene professionals and social workers examine the film, while discussing the phenomenon of suicide more broadly.

The Libertine

September 2004 •English

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Open Your Eyes

May 1919 •English

A propagandistic melodrama recounting the dangers and horrors of venereal disease.

Of the World's Horrors

January 1920 •Romanian

A wife and her husband have both contracted syphilis and don't know how to tell each other.

Out of Africa

December 1985 •English

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

The Escape

June 1914 •English

A dramatic comparison between the mating habits of animals and the way humans choose their own partners. The film is now considered to be a lost film.

The Quiet Duel

March 1949 •Japanese

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

154

April 2024 •Italian

The prototype [TEST TYPE • 154] is a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, which is capable of autonomously acquiring notions from its surroundings and - eventually - developing autonomy of thought. Given the nearly human nature of its learning capabilities, the laboratory that programmed it hires a kindergarten teacher, asking him to instruct the machine as if it were a newborn child. The learning process - which spans 7 days - becomes increasingly insidious in the long run, posing a peculiar yet crucial problem: can there be a form of autonomous thinking that excludes emotions?

Synden Lockar

December 1946 •Finnish

Sex Madness

April 1938 •English

A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of a slow, intensive but proven therapy and a supposed miracle cure.

Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

January 1918 •German

A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.

Es werde Licht!

March 1917 •German

A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.

A Woman Branded

April 1931 •German

Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" (education film) Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded (Eugen Thiele, 1931) opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

February 1940 •English

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

The Terrible Lesson

January 1927 •Spanish

Supported by a simple story, this film is merely educative: gives advice against venereal diseases.

Damaged Goods

May 1937 •English

A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.

Synnin jäljet

August 1946 •Finnish

Tuula, Mirri and Aino are roommates at a nurse college. At her hospital internship, Aino works with Dr. Eero who has had an affair with Viivi, the director of the nurses' dormitory. At the same time, Tuula is starting to get closer to Mirri's fiancé Ragnar who has begun to doubt Mirri's love and loyalty.

Birthright

February 1951 •English

Chicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a lonely waitress.

The Scarlet Trail

December 1918 •English

A docudrama aimed at propagandizing the prevention of venereal disease

The Solitary Sin

July 1919 •English

Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have vastly-different experiences with sex. Bob's father patiently explains "the birds and the bees" to him, and even takes him to a hospital to see the effects of venereal disease.