The Adjutant of the Czar 1929
Drama of plot and intrigue in Imperial Russia.
Drama of plot and intrigue in Imperial Russia.
During hard times, a vivacious girl looks for an office job in the hope of landing a rich man. The director of the bank she works at flirts with her while not at first revealing his identity so she rejects him.
German horror mystery movie from 1920.
Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine, and Raul played by director Ernst Matray.[1]
'Romantic story of a gallant adventurer at the Court of Maria Teresa.' (The Bioscope)
Jacques Lantier, the "human beast" of the title, has a hereditary madness and has several times in his life wanted to murder women. At the beginning of the story he is an engine driver, in control of his engine "La Lison". His relationship with "La Lison" is almost sexual and provides some degree of control over his mania.
An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.
A husband has to leave his lover for a while, but when he returns, she loves someone else.
A rogue husband is saved by marriage.
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
A social drama set in the milieu of the arts.