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poster Birth of Shri Krishna
Birth of Shri Krishna
(3.2/5)
12mn - Drama, Fantasy
This film begins with the invocation of 'almighty god' at a river where several people are gathered. The child god Krishna rises out of the water astride the demon snake Kaliya. Then we see Yashoda as she…
poster The Childhood of Krishna
The Childhood of Krishna
(2.8/5)
48mn - Fantasy, Drama
The playmates of Krishna are insulted by a female villager who splashes water on them. They take revenge by stealing butter from her house. When they are beaten up by the woman, they again take revenge wi…
poster Mayabazar
Mayabazar
(4.6/5)
181mn - Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Balarama promises Subhadra that he'll marry his daughter to her son. But when the Pandavas loses their kingdom to the Kauravas, Balarama breaks his promise.
poster Raja Harishchandra
Raja Harishchandra
(3.0/5)
40mn - History, Drama
Revolves around the noble and righteous king, Harishchandra, who first sacrifices his kingdom, followed by his wife and eventually his children to honor his promise to the sage Vishwamitra.
poster Day of Reckoning
Day of Reckoning
85mn - Sci-Fi, Horror, Action
When demonic creatures emerge from the underworld for exactly 24 hours to purge humanity, a desperate family must fight for survival while attempting to seal the hellish breach before the apocalyptic day …
poster 2012 Doomsday
2012 Doomsday
85mn - Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Four strangers converge on an ancient Mayan temple as December 21, 2012 arrives, facing the convergence of ancient prophecy and modern science in humanity's potential final hours.
poster The Skeleton Dance
The Skeleton Dance
(3.8/5)
6mn - Animation, Family, Music
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
poster The Night Before Christmas
The Night Before Christmas
8mn - Fantasy, Family
On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.
poster Katsudō Shashin
Katsudō Shashin
1mn - Animation, Family
A boy in a cadet's uniform paints a statement on the top of the frame and then tips his cap to the audience. Also known as "Matsumoto fragment".
poster The Burning of Lanka
The Burning of Lanka
6mn - Drama, Fantasy
Lanka Dahan (Lanka Aflame) is a 1917 Indian silent film directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Dadasaheb Phalke). Phalke also wrote the film based on an episode of the Hindu epic Ramayana, credited to Valmi…
poster A Morning Alarm
A Morning Alarm
1mn - Documentary
"This scene shows almost the entire Fire Department led by the Chief, responding to an alarm. The horses, said to be the finest of their kind in the country, present a thrilling spectacle as they dash rap…
poster Matrimony's Speed Limit
Matrimony's Speed Limit
(3.0/5)
13mn - Comedy
A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.
poster Some Shimmiers
Some Shimmiers
15mn - Comedy
The night that Eddie's girl announces her engagement to her friends she plans a slumming party, which does not meet with Eddie's approval but the others are so in favor of it he is compelled to go.
poster Lucretia
Lucretia
(3.4/5)
10mn - Animation
In an animated film sprinkled with magic and stardust, an impish little girl from Hades turns common assumptions topsy turvy. Lucretia is very curious about Christmas, a subject she has never heard spoken…
poster The Massacre
The Massacre
30mn - Action, War, Western
The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
poster Marching On
Marching On
118mn - War, Drama
After finding a golden coin, a young orphaned boy's wild spending leads him down a path of materialism and debt, until he escapes to his uncle's countryside retreat where he learns three essential life le…
poster Panorama of Calcutta
Panorama of Calcutta
(2.7/5)
2mn - Documentary
One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?
poster The Pillar of Fire
The Pillar of Fire
1mn - Fantasy
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an an…
poster Loyalty
Loyalty
(2.8/5)
71mn - Drama
Kaatje, the daughter of the miller Schoonejans, and Jef, a little shepherd, who live near Delft, are happy together. In a floral parade, the carriage the two children have decorated with tulips wins the f…
poster Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1mn - Documentary
Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows a blurry figure in white standing in one place making l…
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