Silent Movies

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from...

A girl sitting on an autumn leaf-filled sidewalk communicates with a mysterious figure across the street.

Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A young woman wakes up to a new morning.

Kupferberg Gold ad by Pinschewer.

A visual metaphor for creative process as a sustained state of flux, whereby the deconstruction and reconfiguration of source material manifest...

Released on January 26th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Death awaits the souls of those who perished and interviews them before they move on.

On September 11, 1929, the first Termez-Dushanbe train arrived at the newly built station in the Tajik capital. However, not only the train was the...

Register of the events which occurred between 9 and 15 April 1948 in Bogota as a result of the assassination of political leader Jorge Eliécer...

USPS workers go bowling.

Adeline, a small mutt makes her enthusiasm for food and classic French cinema clear, specifically her love for Jean-Luc Godard films.

A group of students hatch a risky plan to steal their principal’s lunch, but nothing goes quite as expected.

Six years after the Berlin Wall fell and five years after German unification this documentary looks into the fast changes in architecture and street...

Released on August 31st, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions...

Events that took place in the capital of the Tajik SSR, the city of Dushanbe in 1929.

An experimental silent thriller that was shot and edited on 16mm film