Topic: Silent Film

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Virginia Cherrill · Florence Lee · Harry Myers

Synopsis The Little Tramp falls in love with a beautiful, blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill). She believes he is wealthy and he, in turn, sets out to raise the money for the operation that could restore her sight.

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Paulette Goddard · Henry Bergman · Chester Conklin

Synopsis In Modern Times (1936), Charlie Chaplin's iconic Tramp struggles to survive in an industrialized world. As a factory worker, he faces the dehumanizing effects of machinery and efficiency-driven labor. After a nervous breakdown, he embarks on a series of misadventures,...

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Mack Swain · Georgia Hale · Tom Murray

Synopsis The Lone Prospector, a valiant weakling, seeks fame and fortune in the Alaskan wilderness. There, he meets Black Larson (Tom Murray) and large but gentler Big Jim McKay (Mack Swain), with whom he has some run-ins. Later on, at a...

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast George O'Brien · Janet Gaynor · Margaret Livingston · Bodil Rosing

Synopsis In Sunrise (1927), a farmer from a small village is lured into a passionate affair with a sophisticated woman from the city. She convinces him to drown his wife so they can start a new life together. Tormented by guilt,...

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Jackie Coogan · Edna Purviance · Carl Miller

Synopsis The Kid (1921) is a silent film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows a Tramp who discovers an abandoned baby and decides to raise him as his own. Five years later, the boy and the Tramp form...

Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast Maria Falconetti · Eugene Silvain · Maurice Schutz · Michel Simon

Synopsis The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) depicts the harrowing final days of Joan of Arc, the young French heroine condemned by her English captors. Focused on her trial and interrogation by ecclesiastical judges, the film captures Joan's unwavering faith...

Direction Buster Keaton · Clyde Bruckman

Cast Buster Keaton · Marion Mack · Glen Cavender · Jim Farley

Synopsis The General (1926) follows Johnnie Gray, a brave train engineer in the American Civil War, whose true love, Annabelle, doubts his loyalty when he's rejected by the Confederate Army. When Union spies steal his beloved locomotive, "The General," and kidnap...

Direction Erich von Stroheim

Cast Gibson Gowland · ZaSu Pitts · Jean Hersholt · Chester Conklin

Synopsis Miner-turned-dentist McTeague wins young Trina Sieppe away from her cousin Marcus, McTeague's friend. When Trina wins five thousand dollars in a lottery, Marcus accuses McTeague of marrying her for her money. Trina becomes more and more obsessed with money, refusing...

Direction Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Kathryn McGuire · Joe Keaton · Ward Crane

Synopsis In Sherlock Jr. (1924), a humble film projectionist dreams of becoming a great detective. When falsely accused of stealing a watch, he uses his amateur sleuthing skills to clear his name. While dozing off at work, he enters a surreal...

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Emil Jannings · Maly Delschaft · Max Hiller · Emilie Kurz

Synopsis In The Last Laugh (1924), an aging hotel doorman takes immense pride in his prestigious uniform, which symbolizes his dignity and status. When he is abruptly demoted to a lowly washroom attendant, stripped of his beloved uniform, he spirals into...

Direction King Vidor

Cast James Murray · Eleanor Boardman · Bert Roach · Estelle Clark

Synopsis Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. But dreams soon fade with the death of his father when John is but a lad. Like many before him, John sets out to...

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Gustav Fröhlich · Brigitte Helm · Alfred Abel · Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Synopsis In Metropolis (1927), a sprawling futuristic city is divided between the wealthy elite who live in luxury above ground and the oppressed workers toiling in harsh conditions below. Freder, the son of the city's ruler, becomes fascinated by Maria, a...

Direction Victor Sjöström

Cast Lillian Gish · Lars Hanson · Montagu Love · Dorothy Cumming

Synopsis Letty, a naive, poor young woman, travels to the wind-blown Texas prairie and lives in a dust-bowl town on her cousin's ranch. She takes care of the children, but is disliked by her cousin's wife Cora (Dorothy Cumming) who is...

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Emil Jannings · Gösta Ekman · Camilla Horn · William Dieterle

Synopsis In Faust (1926), a silent film masterpiece by F.W. Murnau, an aging alchemist bargains with the demon Mephisto for youth, knowledge, and earthly pleasures. Torn between salvation and damnation, Faust experiences love, power, and despair as Mephisto manipulates his fate....

Direction Robert Wiene

Cast Werner Krauss · Conrad Veidt · Friedrich Feher · Lil Dagover

Synopsis The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) is a German Expressionist silent film that follows Francis as he recounts a haunting tale. In a small German town, the mysterious Dr. Caligari arrives with a somnambulist named Cesare, who awakens only under...

Direction Dziga Vertov

Synopsis The Man with the Movie Camera (1929) is a groundbreaking experimental silent film that captures a day in the life of a bustling Soviet city. Through dynamic editing and innovative cinematography, the film follows a cameraman as he documents urban...

Direction Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Ruth Dwyer · T. Roy Barnes · Snitz Edwards

Synopsis When Jimmie Shannon's uncle leaves him seven million dollars in his will, it seems as though his fortune is well and truly made... until he reads the small print: in order to quality, he has to be married by 7pm...

Direction Sergei M. Eisenstein

Cast Aleksandr Antonov · Vladimir Barsky · Grigori Aleksandrov · Mikhail Gomorov

Synopsis Battleship Potemkin (1925) is a silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, depicting the 1905 mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin. The story begins with sailors protesting against harsh conditions and rotten food, leading to a rebellion against their oppressive officers....

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Paul Richter · Margarete Schön · Hanna Ralph · Theodor Loos

Synopsis It is based on the German epic from the 13th century. We follow Siegfried through the making of the magic sword, his slaying of the dragon, his bath in the dragon's blood and the killing of Alberich. Siegfried then helps...

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Merna Kennedy · Betty Morrisey · Harry Crocker

Synopsis In The Circus (1928), Charlie Chaplin stars as a tramp who stumbles into a struggling circus and unwittingly becomes the star attraction due to his comedic mishaps. As he falls for the ringmaster's daughter, a rival performer complicates matters. The...