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poster Ashes
Ashes
(3.0/5)
39mn - Drama, Fantasy
Dame Eleonora Duse plays a poor woman who, incapable of raising and feed him, leaves her illegitimate son with foster parents. Before she leaves her boy, the woman gives to the child an amulet in order to…
poster Una congiura contro Murat
Una congiura contro Murat
31mn -
Italian drama about the conspiracy against Murat.
poster My Cousin
My Cousin
(3.2/5)
50mn - Drama, Comedy
Sincere but struggling sculptor Tommasso (Caruso--bushy moustache, gawky) works in an ornamental plaster shop, but his masterpiece on the side is a bust of his cousin Caroli (Caruso--no moustache, polishe…
poster Caminandes: Gran Dillama
Caminandes: Gran Dillama
(3.5/5)
3mn - Animation, Comedy, Family
A young llama named Koro discovers that the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence).
poster A Window on Washington Park
A Window on Washington Park
15mn - Drama
From his apartment, where he lives a cheerless widower's life, overlooking Washington Park, Alan Dale sees a refined, but poverty-stricken old gentleman on one of the park benches. Calling his butler, he …
poster The Conquering Power
The Conquering Power
(3.4/5)
89mn - Romance, Drama
Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriag…
poster Chicot the Jester
Chicot the Jester
(2.8/5)
59mn -
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…
poster The Genii of Fire
The Genii of Fire
4mn - Drama, Fantasy
Not much of a plot. A couple is menaced by some sort of bizarre religious cult. Then they're saved.
poster Opus III
Opus III
(3.2/5)
3mn - Animation
An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.
poster By the Cross
By the Cross
49mn - Drama, History
A costume drama from Roman times. Three out of the original six reels survive.
poster Fanchon, the Cricket
Fanchon, the Cricket
(3.2/5)
75mn - Drama
A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt Fanchon suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputation. On…
poster Assunta Spina
Assunta Spina
(3.1/5)
73mn - Drama
Assunta and Michele are in love, but others come between them and jealousy arises. Assunta Spina stands out as an early landmark of naturalistic acting and a blueprint for the Italian Neorealist films to …
poster The Woman God Forgot
The Woman God Forgot
(3.1/5)
60mn - Romance, History
Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. He is recaptured when her lover Guatemoco finds Alvarado hiding in her chambers. Tecza nex…
poster The Enchanted Sedan Chair
The Enchanted Sedan Chair
3mn - Fantasy
A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned. Now, what does the illusionist …
poster Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?
(3.0/5)
137mn - Drama, History
"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- …
poster The Red House
The Red House
(3.4/5)
100mn - Mystery, Thriller, Drama
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
poster Kino Eye
Kino Eye
(3.5/5)
78mn - Documentary
This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers on the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly busy, pasting propaganda posters on walls, distributing hand …
poster One Week
One Week
25mn - Comedy
Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to asse…
poster Call of the Cuckoo
Call of the Cuckoo
(3.0/5)
17mn - Comedy
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
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