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Chess Player, The (Le Joueur d'échecs) (1927)- Dir. Raymond Bernard
Feat. Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin - French silent film based on the novel by Henry Dupuy–Mazuel, set in the 18th century, during the Russian domination of Polish Lithuania. After…
End of St. Petersburg, The (1927)- Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Aleksandr Chistyakov - The tensions that exploded with the 'October Revolution' in Russia, 1917 are schematised here using understated characterisations (of workers and…
Gribiche (Mother of Mine) (1926)- Dir. Jacques Feyder
- A silent French film by Jacques Feyder. A 13–year–old working–class boy lives alone with his mother. While shopping in a Paris…
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- 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…
Late 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…
Master of the House (Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife, Du Skal Aere Din Hustru) (1925)- Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Johannes Meyer - Deceptively simple, penetrating chamber piece from Dreyer, centered on an abusive husband who is dealt to by the long–suffering family’s…
Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)- Dir. Yakov Protazanov
Feat. Nikolai Tseretelli, Valentina Kuindzhi - Russian silent science–fiction film based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel about a young man in post–war Soviet Union given the chance to travel…
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…
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