The Germs: Short Film

Knock and Run(en)

A man is tormented in his home by a pesky neighbour.

Rhubarb(en)

A Police Inspector and a vicar play a round of golf. The Inspector has a Constable help him to cheat, while the vicar has other ideas...

Tempo Rubato(en)

The night before her eighteenth birthday recital, an overworked and undertalented pianist is abducted by three ghouls.

An Eastern Westerner(en)

A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The Easterner befriends a young woman whose father is being held captive by Tompkins, and he decides to help her.

Pay Your Dues(en)

While blindfolded and playing pin the tail on the donkey with some lady friends, our hero is mistaken for an escaped initiate of a kooky fraternal order.

For Heaven's Sake(en)

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

Sign Language(en)

Convinced that a museum art sculpture is misaligned, a determined tourist challenges the gallery’s security protocols in an attempt to adjust the positioning of the central piece.

Lost(tl)

Set in Spanish colonial Philippines. Pedro is tasked to wed a wife whilst his activist friend is considering him to join the revolution. Through a raunchy and campy path of winning the love of his life, Pedro is met with a daunting revelation.

Hop Off(en)

Only a few minutes remain of this partially lost film. A scientist discovers a potion that restores things to their original form: pets, jewelry--endless possibilities. His assistant wonders about its applications, with comical results.

Pushpaka Vimana(kn)

An unemployed man, who dreams of living it large, finds a rich man drunk and lying in the sewer. Things take a turn when he imprisons him and takes his identity to get a taste of his lifestyle.

Bacon Grabbers(en)

Two debt collectors try to repossess a console radio.

Borodino(ru)

An experimental sitcom, shot in the style of silent films of the early twentieth century. A parody of military-patriotic films. The plot of the film is the battle of the Russian army with Napoleon in 1812.

The Chaplin Revue(en)

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

Ufff Yeh Siyapaa(hi)

Kesari Lal Singh’s wife leaves him, believing he was flirting with the neighbor—he wasn’t. To make matters worse, a drug parcel is mistakenly delivered to his home, leading to chaos when a dead body turns up. As he tries to dispose of it, another body arrives, plunging him deeper into mayhem.

Work it Class!(en)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments(en)

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923(en)

Includes all 32 of Keaton's extant silent shorts (thirteen of which were produced under the tutelage of comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle) These 2K restorations onto Blu-Ray promise to be the definitive representation of Keaton's early career.

String Beans(en)

Farmer Toby Watkinsm whose fanciful poetry does not impress his exasperated uncle, leaves the farm to become a subscription solicitor for the "Sawbert Weekly Clarion." In Sawbert, Toby meets Mayor Lot Morris' daughter Jean, and the shy young people fall in love. Crooked stock promoter Kendall Reeves arrives in town and unveils his plan to open a string-bean cannery.

Ko-Ko's Hot Dog(en)

Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber.

As Long as You've Got Your Health(fr)

An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cannot seem to tell the novel from reality, causing sleep troubles. (2) A man cannot escape the absurd ads he saw at the movie theater that day. (3) A polluted and construction-ridden town keeps everybody on edge, sending one man to the doctor. (4) A hunter, a farmer and a couple on a picnic unknowingly cause continuous trouble for one another.