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Woman in the MoonWoman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) (1929) Recommended
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Willy Fritsch, Fritz Rasp, Gerda Maurus
Silent–era sci–fi from director Fritz Lang. Based on the 1928 novel "The Rocket to the Moon" by his collaborator (and wife at the time)…
Alfred Hitchcock Silent Double (The Manxman, The Ring) (1928-1929)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Two silent films from Hitchcock's early career.
Circus, TheCircus, The (1928)
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin
Chaplin's Little Tramp stumbles into a travelling circus where he falls in love and finds work as a circus clown and high–wire artist. Hasn't…
Docks of New York, TheDocks of New York, The (1928) Recommended
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Betty Compson
George Bancroft plays a roughneck stoker who gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for a wise and weary…
L'ArgentL'Argent (Money) (1928) Recommended
Dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Feat. Pierre Alcover, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel
Classic of the late silent era from French filmmaker, writer and film theorist Marcel L'Herbier, based on the book of the same name by Émile…
Last Command, TheLast Command, The (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings won the first best actor Academy Award for his performance as a sympathetic tyrant: an exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra…
Laugh, Clown, LaughLaugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) Recommended
Dir. Herbert Brenon
Feat. Lon Chaney, Loretta Young, Nils Asther
Profoundly moving melodrama with Lon Chaney playing a traveling circus clown who raises an abandoned child as his daughter, but falls into deep…
Man Who Laughs, TheMan Who Laughs, The (1928)
Dir. Paul Leni
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova
One of the most spectacular (and sophisticated) of the silent epics adapts a historical story by Victor Hugo concerning the destiny of a disfigured…
October : 10 Days That Shook the World (1928)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikandrov , N. Popov, Boris Livanov
A brilliant reconstruction of the momentous events of 1917, when revolutionary soldiers overthrew the provisional Government bringing Lenin and the…
Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (1928) Recommended
Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer
Louise Brooks become a star and influenced a million haircuts as the voluptuous call–girl, Lulu, whose misdeeds meet with an appropriate fate.

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