The Penalty

The Mills in Joy and Sorrow

A hobo takes revenge to a miller who didn't give him something to eat.

1912

Zapata's Gang

Comedy about a film crew shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are mistakingl

1914

Murtovarkaus

Niilo, a son of a rich estate owner, is in love with a poor crofter's adopted daughter Heleena. However, on his father's orders, Niilo instead becomes

1926

Life of Moses

Renowned market leader Pathé Frères was specialized in filming elaborate Biblical stories. Here the life of Moses is told in six scenes.

1905

The Masked Bride

An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.

1925

The Bride's Play

A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?

1922

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the be

1924

Way Down East

A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out

1920

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy,

1925

Train of Shadows

Experimental silent homage to the origins of cinema, recreating the apparent disappearance of a French photographer in the 1920s.

1997

The Last Installment

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.

1945

Children's Souls Accuse You

Children's Souls Accuse You is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Albert Steinrück, Nathalie Lissenko and Walte

1927

Alias Nick Beal

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking

1949

Silent Shakespeare

A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.

2000

Au pays des lits clos

The men of a fishing village rescue a young men from a burning ship. He is the sole survivor. Having lost his memory, he stays in the village, and he

1913

A Drama of the Air

An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying co

1913

Long Live the King

A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people be

1923

Fighting Mad

Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His wife is not happy and upon discovering she is pregnant

1917

A Weaver of Dreams

Unrequited love rules the day as both wealthy Judith Sylvester and her invalid aunt pine for men who got away, but happiness lays ahead for one while

1918

The Springtime of Life

A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she performs

1912