G.W. Pabst

Two soldiers--searching the Sahara for Atlantis--are captured by raiders from the lost city. They are taken before its beautiful queen who has over 50 mummified ex-lovers! What follows is an endless nightmare, climaxing with the murder of one of the soldiers. There are some brilliant moments in this sci-fi fantasy classic.

Two soldiers--searching the Sahara for Atlantis--are captured by raiders from the lost city. They are taken before its beautiful queen who has over 50 mummified ex-lovers! What follows is an endless nightmare, climaxing with the murder of one of the soldiers. There are some brilliant moments in this sci-fi fantasy classic.

In the wake of a violent rape at the hands of her father's assistant (Fritz Rasp), young Thymiane Henning (Louise Brooks) is left pregnant and emotionally drained. But when she refuses to marry her attacker, she's sent away to a woman's reformatory. With an unfair act deciding her fate, is respectability still within her reach -- or is she destined to live on the fringe? German filmmaker G.W. Pabst directs this black-and-white silent classic.

On her confirmation day, an innocent young girl, Thymiane, is given a lockable diary. Her sad tale involves the ousting and death of her governness, rape, pregnancy, prostitution, and ultimately becoming a Countess.