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poster Stella Maris

Stella Maris

Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do. Unity…

poster Kohlhiesel's Daughters

Kohlhiesel's Daughters

64mn - Comedy, Romance

Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she is too brutal. S…

poster The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress

The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress

61mn - Adventure

Count de Faber is working on a new type of explosive, but finds out that Professor Plussman has beat him to it. After an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the formula from Plussman, he breaks into the profe…

poster Eve's Love Letters

Eve's Love Letters

Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the story, but it's pretty plain that it's actually the com…

Protéa

50mn - Action, Crime, Mystery

Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in France. The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Jose…

poster The Price of Beauty

The Price of Beauty

Countess von Würzen is of a certain age, but she still captivates the men she meets on her way. When her daughter Elsa announces her engagement to the young, handsome Leopold von Raven, the countess sudde…

poster The Little House in Kolomna

The Little House in Kolomna

Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards's officers who pa…

poster Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!

Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!

Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…

poster The Star Boarder

The Star Boarder

A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.

poster Something to Think About

Something to Think About

Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a …

poster Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

45mn - Drama, Romance

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to b…

poster Modern Sculptors

Modern Sculptors

5mn - Animation, Fantasy

The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on…

poster Assunta Spina

Assunta Spina

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 Komisches Reck

Komisches Reck

1mn - Comedy, Documentary

Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.

poster Die Flamme

Die Flamme

In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.

poster Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee

Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee

This is a very early feature by Rolf Raffé concerning the supposedly "mad" King of Bavaria, Ludwig II, probably the first feature film concerning the life of that King. In the piece, which is for the most…

poster The Great Flamarion

The Great Flamarion

78mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery

A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.

poster The Jew of Mestri

The Jew of Mestri

The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Her…

poster Peeping Pete

Peeping Pete

This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes in a fence. The neighbor (Sterling) notices and chases him all over town with sheriff and family close behi…

poster Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through

96mn - Romance, Drama

The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from…

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