Archive for Drama

Oktyabr (1928)

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Genre : Drama, History

Cast : (Credited cast) , Vladimir Popov as Aleksandr Kerensky , Vasili Nikandrov as V.I. Lenin , Layaschenko as Konovalov rest of cast listed alphabetically: , Chibisov as Skobolev, Boris Livanov as Terestsenko, Mikholyev as Kishkin, N. Podvoisky as Bolshevik, Smelsky as Verderevsky, Eduard Tisse as German Soldier

Plot : In documentary style, occurrences inside Petrograd are re-enacted take entertaining in the finish of the monarchy inside February of… See more » |

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Stachka (1925)

Director : Sergei M. Eisenstein

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Genre : Drama

Cast : (Complete credited cast) , Maksim Shtraukh as Police Spy , Grigori Aleksandrov as Factory Foreman , Mikhail Gomorov as Worker , I. Ivanov as Chief of Police , Ivan Klyukvin as Revolutionary , Aleksandr Antonov as Member of Strike Committee , Yudif Glizer as Queen of Thieves , Anatoli Kuznetsov , Vera Yanukova , Vladimir Uralsky (as V. Uralsky) , M. Mamin rest of cast listed alphabetically: , Boris Yurtsev as King of Thieves

Plot : In Russia’s factory area in the course of Czarist rule, there’s anxiety plus pound envisaging in the center of workers; management brings inside spies plus external agents… See more » |

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Director : Fritz Lang

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Genre : Drama, Adventure, Fantasy

Cast : : , Margarete Schön as Kriemhild , Gertrud Arnold as Königin Ute , Theodor Loos as König Gunther , Hans Carl Mueller as Gernot , Erwin Biswanger as Giselher , Bernhard Goetzke as Volker von Alzey , Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Hagen Tronje , Hardy von Francois as Dankwart , Yuri Yurovsky as Der Priester (as Georg Jurowski) , Iris Roberts as Der Edelknabe , Rudolf Klein-Rogge as König Etzel , Georg John as Slaodel, sein Bruder , Hubert Heinrich as Werbel, der Spielmann , Rudolf Rittner as Rüdiger von Bechlarn , Annie Röttgen as Dietlind, seine Tochter

Plot : After Siegfried’s dead, Kriemhild marries Etzel, the King of the Huns. She bequeaths appearance to a child, plus invites her brothers for the motive that a party… See more » |

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Körkarlen (1921)

Director : Victor Sjöström

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Genre : Drama, Thriller

Cast : (Complete credited cast) , Victor Sjöström as David Holm , Hilda Borgström as Mrs. Holm , Tore Svennberg as Georges , Astrid Holm as Edit , Concordia Selander as Edit’s Mother , Lisa Lundholm as Maria , Tor Weijden as Gustafsson , Einar Axelsson as David’s Brother , Olof Ås as Driver , Nils Aréhn as Prison Chaplain , Simon Lindstrand as David’s Companion , Nils Elffors as David’s Companion , Algot Gunnarsson as Worker , Hildur Lithman as Worker’s wife , John Ekman as Police constable

Plot : It’s New Year’s Eve. Three drunkards induce a legend. The legend tells that the preceding being to pass away inside a year… See more » |

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The Kid Brother (1927)

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Genre : Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

Cast : (Complete credited cast) , Harold Lloyd as Harold Hickory , Jobyna Ralston as Mary Powers , Walter James as Jim Hickory , Leo Willis as Leo Hickory , Olin Francis as Olin Hickory , Constantine Romanoff as Sandoni (as C. Romanoff) , Eddie Boland as ‘Flash’ Farrell , Frank Lanning as Sam Hooper , Ralph Yearsley as Hank Hooper (as R. Yearsley)

Plot : The more salient grading inside Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, also sheriff Jim also his difficult manly sons Leo also Olin… See more » |

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Director : Paul Leni

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Genre : Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Cast : (Credited cast) , Mary Philbin as Dea , Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine , Julius Molnar Jr. as Gwynplaine as a child , Olga Baclanova as Duchess Josiana , Brandon Hurst as Barkilphedro , Cesare Gravina as Ursus , Stuart Holmes as Lord Dirry-Moir , Sam De Grasse as King James II , George Siegmann as Dr. Hardquanonne , Josephine Crowell as Queen Anne , Charles Puffy as Innkeeper , Zimbo the Dog as Homo the Wolf (as Zimbo)

Plot : Gwynplaine, lad of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent grin carved on his facial expression by the King, inside reprisal since Gwynplaine’s father’s treachery… See more » |

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The Crowd (1928)

Director : King Vidor

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Genre : Drama, Romance

Cast : (Complete credited cast) , Eleanor Boardman as Mary , James Murray as John ‘Johnny’ Sims , Bert Roach as Bert , Estelle Clark as Jane , Daniel G. Tomlinson as Jim , Dell Henderson as Dick , Lucy Beaumont as Mary’s Mother , Freddie Burke Frederick as ‘Junior’ (John Sims Jr.) , Alice Mildred Puter as Daughter

Plot : The existence of a Rabelaisian woman along with woman joined inside a large, impersonal metropolis ready their hopes, attempts along with downfalls.

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Director : Charles Reisner See more »

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Genre : Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

Cast : (Complete credited cast) , Buster Keaton as William Canfield Jr. , Tom McGuire as John James King , Ernest Torrence as William ‘Steamboat Bill’ Canfield Sr. , Tom Lewis as Tom Carter, first mate , Marion Byron as Kitty King

Plot : The effete youngster of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to unite his father’s crew.

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The Circus (1928)

Director : Charles Chaplin

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Genre : Comedy, Family, Drama, Romance

Cast : (Complete credited cast) , Al Ernest Garcia as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master (as Allan Garcia) , Merna Kennedy as His Step-daughter, A Circus Rider , Harry Crocker as Rex, A Tight Rope Walker / Disgruntled Property Man / Clown , George Davis as A Magician , Henry Bergman as An Old Clown , Tiny Sandford as The Head Property Man (as Stanley J. Sandford) , John Rand as An Assistant Property Man / Clown , Steve Murphy as A Pickpocket , Charles Chaplin as A Tramp (as Charlie Chaplin)

Plot : The Tramp finds task with the dame of his dreams at a circus.

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Beyond the Rocks (1922)

Director : Sam Wood

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Genre : Drama

Cast : (Credited cast) , Rudolph Valentino as Lord Hector Bracondale , Gloria Swanson as Theodora Fitzgerald , Edythe Chapman as Lady Bracondale , Alec B. Francis as Captain Fitzgerald , Robert Bolder as Josiah Brown , Gertrude Astor as Morella Winmarleigh , June Elvidge as Lady Anna Anningford , Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Jane McBride , Helen Dunbar as Lady Ada Fitzgerald , Raymond Blathwayt as Sir Patrick Fitzgerald , Frank Butler as Lord Wensleydon (as F. R. Butler)

Plot : A infantile man marries an more established rich person with afterward falls inside fondness also a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.

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