The Ten Commandments
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The…
Four Sons
A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow’s sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany’s eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film…
Blood and Sand
Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother’s wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart…
The Call of the North
Graehme, Ned Stewart’s father, was accused of adultery and killed being innocent. Ned decided to avenge his father, but got captured and sent to the long journey to death “la…
Four Around the Woman
Harry Yquem buys his beloved wife some jewelry in a place where underworld middlemen trade in fake and stolen goods. By chance, he spots a man with whom his wife…
Michael
The relationship between a master painter and his longtime model begins to collapse after the former agrees to paint a portrait for a Russian countess.
Consent
In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50. The victim of a triple predation:…
The End of St. Petersburg
Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A doctor’s research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
The Johnstown Flood
Anna Boleyn
The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.