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The Block Signal(en)

Joe Ryan, a veteran train engineer, is demoted to a flagman position after a disastrous crash-- one caused by his cowardly and opportunistic partner. Though Ryan's failing eyesight is named as the cause of the crash, he's undeterred as he designs an automatic braking invention.

The Springtime of Life(sv)

A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she performs in her original home town.

The Triplets of Belleville(fr)

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire—to rescue him.

Es kommt alle Tage vor...(de)

German silent film

Down Home(en)

DOWN HOME is a rural drama set in New England and stars Leatrice Joy as Nancy Pelot, daughter of the town drunk. He was once a businessman and still owns a local farm, but Nancy now supports her father and herself with a mysterious job in a nearby town.

Predicamented: The Plant(en)

A young woman has only one friend: a plant. That is, until tragedy strikes. (Promo Short for Predicamented Company)

Faust(de)

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

The Victory of Love(sv)

Farm girl Olga Ström is seduced by the Hans Brandt, who soon abandons her, even though she carries their child.

Der Meineidbauer(de)

The Farmer Forsworn(de)

The Kid(en)

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Love's Places - Plätze der Liebe(en)

Silent film about five girls, dealing with the dream of beauty, despair of revolution, broken Gretchen love, absurd self-discovery, and on the heels of Dürer's Melancholia, the future and a massacre vision.

The Heart of a Siren(en)

This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.

Death of a Stag(fr)

Russian emigré Dimitri Kirsanoff’s film, alternatively titled Death of A Stag and Une chasse à courre, is a post-war study of a traditional stag hunt. The pursuit of the animal finds a cross-cutting parallel in the felling of a tree in the forest.

The Enemy(en)

Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.

At The Beauty's Altar(ru)

How It Feels(en)

Over the past few months, less so now, I've been experiencing some fairly intense spouts of anxiety. Something incredibly new and quite frightening for me. After a bunch of CBT sessions, my therapist recommended channeling my experience into video form. So, here you are. With the help of the incredible Suli Breaks, I've made this little video. Trying to demonstrate how it felt for me. Hope you take something from it.

A Factory Drama(fr)

An early Gaumont short by an unknown director.

Au pays des lits clos(fr)

The men of a fishing village rescue a young men from a burning ship. He is the sole survivor. Having lost his memory, he stays in the village, and he is especially helped by a young woman, Annaick, who starts to fall in love with him.

A Drama of the Air(fr)

An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.