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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Directed by F. W. Murnau
George O'Brien - The Man
Janet Gaynor - The Wife
A young farmer falls in love with a tempting woman from the city, who persuades him to try and kill his wife, so they can be together. What will happen when the man has a vision of what the city is really like..?
Winner of the 1929 'Best Picture' Oscar for 'Unique and Artistic' Production, and 'Best Actress' for Janet Gaynor.
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The Student of Prague (1926)
Directed by Henrik Galeen
Conrad Veidt - Balduin, a student
Werner Krauss - Scapinelli, a money lender
Balduin, a poor student, makes a Faustian pact with a money lender, Scapinelli. In return for a fortune, enough to court the woman of Balduin's dreams, Scapinelli is permitted to take one thing belonging to the student... the reflection in his mirror.
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The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Directed by Paul Leni
Conrad Veidt - Gwynplaine
Mary Philbin - Dea
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo.
As a young boy Gwynplaine, the son of a disfavoured Lord, becomes the victim of revenge against his father -- the King orders the boy have a permanent smile carved onto is face. Abandoned by his captors in the winter snow, he finds a baby girl in the arms of her dead mother. They are taken in by a travelling freak show and Gwynplaine becomes a popular attraction. As they grow up together, Gwynplaine falls in love with Dea, the child he rescued, who is blind, and she with him. Unaware of his true identity, Gwynplaine becomes unwittingly drawn back into the world of politics that had left him so horrifically scarred many years ago...
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Alraune (1928)
Directed by Henrik Galeen
Brigette Helm - Alraune ten Brinken
Paul Wegener - Professor Jakob ten Brinken
Following the tradition of Frankenstein Alraune is the story of a girl -- the fruit of a sordid experiment... created by a scientist, who inseminated a prostitute with the 'seed' of a hanged criminal. Proferssor Brinken is interested in whether it is our genes or our enviroment which governs our personalities -- he adopts Alraune as his own and sends her to a convent school. Sure she will be safe from any wicked influence, he observes her maturation... what will the results of his experiment be?
In the middle ages, the mandrake root (alraune, in German) was said to grow where the semen of hanged men fell when they were killed. Galeen's film is considered the difinitive version of Hanns Heinz Ewers' novel, a modern retelling of this tale (itself written in 1911).
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Jesus of Nazareth (1916)
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Robert Henderson-Bland - Jesus
Originally released under the title From the Manger to the Cross in 1912, this is the re-edited version released in 1916, under the title Jesus of Nazareth. Shot entirely on location in Palestine
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About Film Democracy
I love moving pictures. Especially silent cinema.
Due to a lack of mass appeal, a lot of them will never be released by a studio on video or DVD. It's been up to small distributors, private libraries and lone enthusiasts to keep them being seen.
I hope to share the rest of my modest collection eventually.
Check my playlists for films grouped together ready to be added to a quicklist -- easier to watch that way.
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I love moving pictures. Especially silent cinema.
Due to a lack of mass appeal, a lot of them will never be released by a studio on video or DVD. It's been up to small distributors, private libraries and lone enthusiasts to keep them being seen...
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