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The Story of Minna Claessens

January 1912 •French

Found recently and restored in 2019 this short silent film tells the story of an artist and his model. One day she's getting seriously ill ... .

Drop of Blood

June 1913 •Dutch

Found recently and restored in 2019, this silent short films follows a young man who is wounded and hides with his girlfriend... .

The Dedication of a Young Boy

January 1911 •French

The dedication of a young boy

The Golem and the Dancing Girl

July 1917 •German

As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous. A lost film.

Great Expectations

January 1917 •English

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

The Robber's Sweetheart

March 1907 •Danish

Jim, a robber, is in love with the chief’s bride Clara, who firmly rejects his many advances. In revenge, he snitches on the entire gang of robbers to the police, who immediately imprison the chief and his men. Clara kills the treacherous Jim and sets out to free her lover from prison. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Sea Vultures

January 1916 •Swedish

Two smugglers meet two customs officers at sea, and happen to kill them. The story continues fifteen years later when a son of one of the officers and a smuggler's daughter fall in love with each other.

The Norrtull Gang

December 1923 •Swedish

A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.

Ballads of the Exodus

June 2020 •English

The life of Moses as told through the Book of Exodus, the imagination of a dying boy, and the ballads of his father.

The Cigarette

October 1919 •French

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.

Dante's Inferno

March 1911 •

A two-reel adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno from the Divine Comedy by Helios Film. It is less well-known than the five-reel feature produced the same year by Milano Films, but it was released earlier in 1911.

Anna Karenine

November 1917 •Italian

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

Damn the War

April 1914 •French

An army pilot is visiting the home of another army pilot in a neighboring country, and falling in love with his sister, when war breaks out.

Les Fiancés de 1914

December 1914 •French

Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle

February 1917 •German

German silent film

Esmeralda

December 1905 •French

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Battle at Honnôji Temple

September 1908 •Japanese

In 1908, Director/Producer Shozo Makino (father of Japanese cinema) directed and produced the first dramatic film in Kyoto. “Honnô-ji Gassen” was shot at Shinnyo-Do Temple. Considered a lost film.

Oiwa Nagaya

August 1931 •Japanese

Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story

July 1932 •Japanese

The 47 Loyal Ronin

December 1910 •Japanese

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.