![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Carl Laemmle
Early adaptation of the novel by Victor Hugo starring Lon Chaney. You can find out more about this movie on its IMDB page.
Keywords: silent; Lon Chaney; Quasimodo
Downloads: 19,129
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| The Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith
In its time, "The Birth of a Nation" was a masterpiece. Its racist undertones and revisionism are quite disturbing, but it is still worth watching for its historical influence. IMDb entry: http://imdb.com/title/tt0004972/
Keywords: D.W. Griffith; The Clansman; Silent
Downloads: 48,949
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| Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage - F.W. Murnau
F.W. Murnau's last German production before leaving for Hollywood is a visually dazzling take on the Faust myth. Pushing the resources of the grand old German studio UFA to the limits, Murnau creates an epic vision of good versus evil as devil Emil Jannings tempts an idealistic aging scholar with youth, power, and romance. The handsome but wan Swedish actor Gosta Ekman plays the made-over Faust as a perfectly shallow scoundrel drunk with youth, and the lovely Camilla Horn (in a part written for ...
Keywords: Drama; Occult; Faust; Goethe; Devil; Satan
Downloads: 10,955
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| The Phantom of the Opera - Carl Laemmle
At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs, where he lives.
Keywords: silent; drama; horror
Downloads: 94,261
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