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La BohemeLa Boheme (1926)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renee Adoree
Silent film adaptation of the 1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini, with Lillian Gish starring alongside John Gilbert as doomed lovers Mimi and Rodolphe, a…
MotherMother (1926) Recommended
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov
In one of the masterpieces of early Russian cinema, a fable of pre–revolutionary worker–resistance and Tsarist oppression is heightened…
Battleship PotemkinBattleship Potemkin (1925) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Alexander Antonov, Vladimir Blasky, Grigori Alexandrov
This landmark Soviet propaganda film about the 1905 revolution is one of the greatest classics of all time. The smart use of visual metaphor and that…
Last Laugh, TheLast Laugh, The (Letzte Mann, Der) (1925) Recommended
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Emil Jannings
One of the classics of silent German cinema, this puts visual expressionism to use for a penetrating psychological study of a man's systematic…
Late Mathias Pascal, TheLate Mathias Pascal, The (Feu Mathias Pascal) (1925)
Dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine, Michel Simon
A French silent film, based on the novel by Luigi Pirandello. Russian actor Ivan Mosjoukine stars as Mathias, an assistant librarian from a…
VarietyVariety (1925) Aro Favourite
Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
Kean (1924)
Dir. Alexandre Volkoff
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
A French silent film depicting the life of Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, played by Ivan Mosjoukine, focusing on his romance with countess Elena de…
A Woman of ParisA Woman of Paris (1923)
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Chaplin
Chaplin's early attempt at drama is a mostly successful tale of a woman, who despite serious intentions, ends up the mistress of a boozing lecher in…
Phantom Carriage, ThePhantom Carriage, The (Körkarlen) (1921) Aro Favourite
Dir. Victor Sjostrom
Feat. Victor Sjostrom, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg
Impeccable Swedish silent film following a ghostly carriage as it takes a man's soul on a journey following his death on New Year's Eve, forcing him…
Blind Husbands / The Great GabboBlind Husbands / The Great Gabbo (1919-1929)
Dir. Erich von Stroheim, James Cruze
Feat. Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Sam De Grasse
Two feature films on one disc featuring visionary Austrian–American silent filmmaker and actor Erich von Stroheim. Blind Husbands (directed…

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