In Abwandlung von George Bizets populärer Oper erzählt Lubitschs Stummfilm die tragische Geschichte von Don José, einem spanischen Kavalleristen. Er gerät in den Bann einer Angehörigen der Sinti und Roma, Carmen, die ihn mit Liebe und Verachtung zugleich behandelt.

Egyptians Radu and Ma milk British tourists out of their money by offering phony tours of a mummy's tomb-- Radu has the girl lend her eyes to the "mummy" from inside an empty sarcophagus. When adventurer Wendland comes to visit the tomb, Ma is rescued and falls in love with him, leaving Radu in the dust. Needless to say, her former employer / captor follows them abroad in order to exact his revenge.

A wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet.

An Austrian prince hatches a plan to keep his rival, the Russian czar, busy by keeping him surrounded by beautiful women and away from the negotiating table. The Czar, however, has his own plan—he hires a man who is his exact double to impersonate him and confuse the Austrians by appearing to be everywhere at once. In addition, both the Czar and his double fall for the same woman.

1920 film directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Two opposing characters are hidden in the person of the inconspicuous London gentleman Dr. Warren and Janus. Lost film.

1938 film

1924 film directed by Rudolf Meinert

1936 film directed by Fred Sauer

In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns to Paris where she works for her uncle. Soon after, her lover Andreas is in France to organize the sailors in Toulon. So also is a thief, traitor, and libertine, Khalibiev, who wants to seduce Jeanne. His schemes, Jeanne and Andreas's naivete, and a lost diamond bring the lovers to the brink of tragedy.

A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.