FR #696 | Movie | Documentary | USA, France | Japanese, English
Director
Robert J. Flaherty
Writer
Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty
Cast
Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou
Plot
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's secretary. His ambition leads him to charm Gerda, the Count's u...
FR #15189 | Movie | Animation, Short | France | English
Director
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Writer
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Plot
The frogs are bored with their lot, and ask God to give them a king - but God, irritated with their inability to govern themselves, quickly makes them change their minds.
FR #15705 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
Director
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Writer
Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, Jean C. Havez
Cast
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, John T. Prince
Plot
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich, after years of unsuccessful treatment. Dr. Jack's old-fashioned methods do the trick, an...
FR #21690 | Movie | Drama | Germany | German, English
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Aage Madelung
Cast
Adele Reuter-Eichberg, Vladimir Gajdarov, Polina Piekowskaja
Plot
Based on the 1918 novel 'Elsker hverandre' by Aage Madelung, the film follows various lives, one of which is Jewish girl Hanne Liebe, as she grows up, and experiences the pains of living as a Jew in Russia, leading to a revolution.
Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
FR #24173 | Movie | Adventure, Fantasy | Denmark | English
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer
Holger Drachmann, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Palle Rosenkrantz
Cast
Clara Pontoppidan, Svend Methling, Peter Jerndorff
Plot
A beautiful but imperious princess refuses all offers of marriage, often condemning her suitors to death. The prince of Denmark comes seeking her hand and, aided by magic objects given to him by a mysterious spirit, seeks to win h...