Paul Wegener, Albert Steinruck, Ernst Duetsch. Based on the Jewish folk legend that influenced the American film Frankenstein, a Talmudic rabbi creates a giant warrior out of clay to protect his... more
Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Phol. This space adventure is a brilliant sci-fi follow-up to Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Using cutting-edge astrophysics for 1929, this film about a band of explorers... more
One hundred-forty seminal silent shorts produced by Thomas Edison's self-named movie studio between 1891-1918, restored and with new musical scores, are featured in this four-disc collection. Trace... more
Priscilla Dean, Lon Chaney, Wheeler Oakman. When her father is framed for murder, a tough-as-nails jewel thief partners with a safecracker to plot their own double-cross against the man who set him... more
Carl De Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John. An adventurer sets out on a quest for Incan gold and a large diamond only to find that he is dogged by a vicious underground network of thieves and murderers... more
This remarkable collection of 39 silent farces produced by the Vitagraph Studios over 1907-1922 offers the preserved comic craft of John Bunny, Larry Semon, Frank Daniels, Edith Storey, Mr. And Mrs.... more
Emil Jannings, Gosta Ekman. This colossal adaptation of the classic tale of a deal with the devil presents the struggling Dr. Faustus and the fiend Mephisto in the operatic glory that befits them. Is... more
Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, FriedrichFeher. This landmark German Expressionist film tells a nightmarish tale about a magician who hypnotizes victims to carry out his evil schemes. Directed by Robert... more
Louise Brooks, Joseph Rovensky. An unplanned pregnancy sends a young woman's life into a tailspin. She begins an arduous struggle to rise above social disapproval and vows to promote respect for all... more
The complete silent films of German cinema's supreme stylist. A twelve-disc collection including Metropolis (1927), Die Nibelungen (1924), Spies (1928), Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922), Destiny (1921),... more
Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry. Meet the terrifying masked phantom who lurks inside the Paris Opera House in this first film version of the timeless legend. Silent. 2 DVDs or 2 Blu-ray Discs.... more
Olaf Fönss, Mia May, Conrad Veidt. An Indian maharajah plots revenge against his beautiful wife and the British officer who stole her love. One of the greatest epics ever filmed, this lavish... more
This remarkable collection offers 21 acclaimed brief experimental films created between 1922-2022 by Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Flaherty, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and many others, all complemented by... more
Buster Keaton, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Eddie Cline. From heralded classics to little-known gems, this collection of Keaton's laugh-out-loud funny work in short comedies covers a career that changed... more
Buster Keaton. Keaton is a riot fighting the Yankees, saving his train and winning the love of a pretty girl in one of the greatest silent movies eve made in 1926, The General. The Three Ages (1923)... more
Mesmerizing silent film icon Pola Negri stars as Jeanne Becu, Countess of Barry, who rises from humble origins to become a plaything of the rich and powerful during the firestorm of the French... more
Handsome wastrel Edmund Lamont (Lew Cody) had his eyes on the Wilton family wealth as a means to stave off the angry creditors. Will he seduce matronly mother Mabel (Pauline Frederick), or gullible... more
Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton. This epic underwater adventure based on the novel by Jules Verne features landmark special effects, including a terrifying battle with a giant octopus.... more
Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen. An engineer and his best friend fight over the love and companionship of a beautiful dancer. Silent with musical score. Directed by Arnold Fanck.... more
Director Tod Browning, actress Priscilla Dean and actor Matt Moore united for this duo of early era crime movies that illustrated the psyche of people working together outside the law. Silent with... more
Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Keaton. One of Buster's best! Keaton stars as Willy McKay, who falls in love with a woman when he returns to his southern home to claim the family fortune. But... more
In the first era of wild cinema invention, women filmmakers contributed invaluable innovation to the world of movies. From Alice Guy-Blaché's formal contributions to Mabel Normand's mastery over... more
Buster Keaton. In Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928/70 min), a gruff riverboat captain is perpetually disappointed by his effete son, who struggles to fit in on the boat and pull his own weight. In College... more
Bernhard Goetzke, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel. The criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse stands as the archetype for all following cinema supervillains. In this crime epic, Mabuse lies, cheats, gambles,... more
Based on the phenomenally popular French pulp novellas, Louis Feuillade's outrageous, ambitious FANTOMAS series became the gold standard of espionage serials in pre-WWI Europe, and laid the... more