Chirgwin in His Humorous Business

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. Maybe they'll come, maybe they won't. The film is about people looking for something.

Runtime

13m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opt...

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast

Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley

A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Cast

Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

Runtime

2h 21m

Director

G.W. Pabst

Cast

Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer