Two events in the city of Kristiansand around 1918: A rich Norwegian emigrant returns from America, and a memorial for sailors killed in World War I is unveiled.
A patriotic film tinged with humor and sentimentalism. Stock footage (the crowded town, the departure of warships) and reconstructed war scenes in the desert are part of the second half about th...
Špilberk is a picturesque castle dominating the modern city of Brno (Czech Republic). Over the course of time it has been a fortress, prison, museum and a place for torture. During the Inquisit...
The documentary reconstructs World War I through the letters of fighting soldiers. Both the situations in Italy and in other warring nations are taken into consideration.
Baldevin and Simen become friends while at sea, only to go their separate ways. Many years later, Simen is married to a wealthy widow. When Baldevin arrives in town, Simen seeks to ensure his friend's...
The film reviews the history and art of Vienna and the empire of which it was the capital for centuries, ending with a vision of the contemporary city.
The documentary makes use of different testimonies of Art Nouveau, from a brief, initial summary of the artistic movement, to an interview with a person (Sergio Tofano) who lived during that era...
A trip to Trieste and its surroundings following the tracks of three great writers: Scipio Slataper, Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba.
Various news items about the First World War, compiled for home projection. Optimism and emphasis on international collaboration, remains preserved and the more gruesome or embarrassing war images wer...
Romantic film in which a couple who have been together for fifty years reminisce about the time they first met. Jack Stevens informs the couple Philippe and Maud Perkins, who are celebrating their f...
The past recaptured by Aldo Palazzeschi. The moody and sardonic spirit of his early youth, ironic comments about experiences with "crepuscolarism" and "futurism". His poetry carefully captures w...
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
Just outside the old city walls of Rome, we find a mass of washed-out houses and bumpy streets arranged in a geometrical pattern that makes them anonymous and depersonalized. The documentary fil...
The first Norwegian film with international ambitions, Thin Ice is a story of young love, corporate ambition, and a daring nighttime caper. Tom, a strapping young student, gets his dream job as an adv...
From 1891 to 1945, a popular form of iconography thrived next to the official one documenting Italy’s political and social life. This alternative iconography can be found in humorous and satir...
Barbarians outside: yesterday as today. Who have centuries of civilization gone by for? Not even appearance has altered the Norman in his barbarism. This great work from the Ambrosio hotbed admi...
Ein Filmdrama nach wahren Begebenheiten mit
Eine Fürstentragödie nach einer vielbesprochenen Begebenheit mit
Komödie mit
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Sittendrama mit Alvin Neuß und Beatrix Altenhofer. Der Schlossergehilfe Hans Mattern erfindet neuen Motor, wird Fabriksdirektor und Doktor der Technik. Er verliebte sich in die verarmte Gräfi...
Detektivabenteuer mit Stuart Webbs. Der unter dem Namen Meister berüchtigte Einbrecher hatte in der Bank einen Safe erbrochen und eine der Frau Alice Frank gehörende, ungemein wertvolle Perle...
Phantastisches Schauspiel mit Maria Rain. Vor dem Tore des dem Grafen Wolonsky gehörenden Schlosses sinkt ein Weib ohnmächtig zusammen. Die Dienerschaft trägt sie ins Schloß, holt den Grafe...
Ein Sittendrama aus der Großstadt nach dem Roman von Ernst Friedrich mit Lilly Flor und Reinhold Schünzel. (Regie R. Schünzel). Ella, die Stieftochter des ganz verkommenen Ehepaares Schulze,...