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poster Faust in the Underworld

Faust in the Underworld

The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with sim…

poster Wandering Papas

Wandering Papas

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into cont…

Fabiola

110mn - History

In "Fabiola" (1918) Herr Guarzzoni moved from the earliest days of Christianity when the new faith was struggling to just survive to a later period in the Roman Empire when the religion was a major force …

poster The Wild Eye

The Wild Eye

98mn - Drama, Adventure

A film documentarian stops at nothing to record unusual and supposedly true-to-life situations.

poster Wintergartenprogramm

Wintergartenprogramm

On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s Wintergarten Theater. With live musical accompaniment, the compilatio…

poster Homunculus

Homunculus

360mn - Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists, led by a Professor Ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes - a "homunculus." This creature is human in every way, except that he cannot experience love.

poster The Violin Maker of Cremona

The Violin Maker of Cremona

A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his supe…

poster Stay Calm

Stay Calm

91mn - Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Giorgio, an Italian-American appointed to the Ministry of Culture, arrives in Italy with big plans for his election campaign. Giorgio and his assistant Marco hire an Instagram influencer and an ex-prisone…

poster Nero and Agrippina

Nero and Agrippina

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

poster Italienischer Bauerntanz

Italienischer Bauerntanz

1mn - Documentary

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

poster Komisches Reck

Komisches Reck

1mn - Comedy, Documentary

Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.

poster The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

88mn - Drama, Action

Well-respected Pompeiian Glaucus performs an act of kindness by purchasing Nydia, a blind slave being mistreated by her owner. Nydia falls in love with her new master, but he only has eyes for Ione. Ione …

poster Quo Vadis?

Quo Vadis?

120mn - Drama, History

During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's pro…

poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Two men in a cave perform magic.

poster The Roman Orgy

The Roman Orgy

8mn - History, Drama

The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.

poster Man with the Golden Winchester

Man with the Golden Winchester

86mn - Western, Adventure

During Emperor Maximilian's oppressive rule in Mexico, the masked hero Zorro aids an American gun-runner from Louisiana in supplying weapons to Mexican revolutionaries fighting for freedom. When a transpo…

poster The Melomaniac

The Melomaniac

3mn - Comedy, Music

The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

poster Jacob: The Man Who Fought with God

Jacob: The Man Who Fought with God

80mn - Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Biblical figure Jacob is forced to flee for his life when an enraged Esau vows to kill him.

poster A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

Early sound film featuring comedian Eddie Cantor.

poster Calino's Baptism

Calino's Baptism

A short Calino film.

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