Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

En biografi om Napoleon Bonaparte, der følger korsikanerens karriere fra hans skoletid (hvor en sneboldkamp iscenesættes som en militær kampagne) til hans flugt fra Korsika, gennem den franske revolution (hvor en rigtig storm afbrydes af en…

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.

Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.

Also known as The Old and the New (Staroye i Novoye), The General Line illustrates Lenin’s stated imperative that the nation move from agrarian to industrial culture in an epic ode to farm-collectivization progress.

This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly edited ballet of working hands and the sequence of mechanical motions of the engines, is i…

Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.

A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.

Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its winners, social climbers, and losers, represented by the social microcosm of an apartment building. The gossip-mad Frau Mierig from the rear building giv…

The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of th…

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

En amerikansk soldat, der er stationeret i Frankrig under Første Verdenskrig, tager på en dristig mission bag fjendens linjer og bliver en helt.

The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-survivi…

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a succe…

Denne storfilm om den amerikanske borgerkrig raffinerede og revolutionerede filmkunsten: Her krydsklippes mellem op til fire handlingstråde, arbejdes med crescendo-klipning og dramatisk klimaks. D.W. Griffith fik for filmen prædikatet ’Holl…

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

Veronika har alt, man kan ønske sig. Hun er smuk, succesrig, og en lysende fremtid venter. Men trods det beslutter Veronika sig til at dø. Hun vågner op på en mentalklinik, hvor hun får at vide, at hun blot har fem dage tilbage at leve. Med…