Shadows of Belvedere

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Runtime

2h 28m

Director

Fritz Lang

Cast

Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

Runtime

1h 14m

Director

Fred Zinnemann, Curt Siodmak

Cast

Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

F. W. Murnau

Cast

George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Runtime

1h 15m

Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Cast

Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishin...

Runtime

1h 19m

Director

Robert Flaherty

Cast

Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou