SUNRISE chronicles the murderous desires--and ultimate repentance--of a wayward husband. Deeply attracted by a sophisticated vamp who worms her way into the couple's simple country existence, the man ... Read more
The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany's UFA, Fritz Lang's gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features, more than half the studio'... Read more
In one of Buster Keaton's funniest films, our hero is separated from his beloved by a high fence between their tenement flats. But he nonchalantly performs daring acrobatic feats as he traverses ... Read more
Romantic drama set in Berlin in the 1920s which follows a theft at a jewellery store. The owner is happy not to prosecute the beautiful female thief and the policeman in attendance is seduced also.
This silent film is recognised as a work of art and is the director's most ambitious. He uses stories from various times to illustrate humanity's intolerance of religious differences, such as the ... Read more
Ahmed, the son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed, falls in love with a dancing girl, Yasmin. But she is promised to a villainous Moor. In the city where she dances, she meets her lover secretly until one ... Read more
In this silent romantic adventure, a young Cossack learns that his father has died and his lands stolen at the hands of evil Kyrilla. He becomes the Black Eagle, a vigilante, to avenge his father's ... Read more
In this silent movie, foundling Louise and Henriette are raised as sisters. When Louise goes blind they go to Paris where Henriette is abducted. She meets Chevalier de Vaudrey and falls in love but ... Read more