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- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.Nemet expresszonizmus,德国表现主义,German expressionism - Robert Wiene
- DirectorPaul WegenerCarl BoeseStarsPaul WegenerAlbert SteinrückErnst DeutschIn 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.Nemet expresszonizmus,德国表现主义,German expressionism - Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.Nemet expresszonizmus,德国表现主义,German expressionism - Fritz Lang
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsÈve FrancisJaque CatelainMarcelle PradotSibilla is a single mother, working as a gypsy dancer in a lousy cafe in the south of Spain. Unable to keep with the costs of his son's medical bills, she asks for help to Estiria, her son's biological father and one of the richest men in town. After being rejected, Sibilla vows to save her son's life by any means necessary - even at the cost of her own life.Francia impresszionizmus,法国影响主义,French impressionism - Marcel l`Herbier
- DirectorGermaine DulacStarsGermaine DermozMadeleine GuittyJean d'YdAn unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.Francia impresszionizmus,法国影响主义,French impressionism - German Dulac
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsAlbert DieudonnéVladimir RoudenkoEdmond Van DaëleA film about the French general's youth and early military career.Francia impresszionizmus,法国影响主义,French impressionism - Abel Gance
- DirectorJean EpsteinStarsJean DebucourtMarguerite GanceCharles LamyAllan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.Francia impresszionizmus,法国影响主义,French impressionism - Jean Epstein
- DirectorMan RayStarsKiki of MontparnasseExperimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, a light-striped torso, a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.Francia szurrealizmus (experimental),法国超现实主义,French surrealism - Ray Man (USA)
- DirectorRon FrankStarsCharles AmirkhanianPeter AntheilMichael BatesA documentary on American composer George Antheil (1900-1959) featuring excerpts from Leger's Ballet Mecanique (1924) for which Antheil wrote the music.Francia avantgarde (pur cinema),法国达达主义,French avantgarde
- DirectorMarcel DuchampA spiral design spins dizzily. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as it rotates. The messages, in French, feature puns and whimsical rhymes and alliteration. The final message comments on the spiral motif itself.Francia dadaizmus (pur cinema),法国达达主义,French dadaism - Marcel, Man Ray
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.Francia szurrealizmus (pur cinema),法国达达主义,French surrealism - Bunuel, Dali
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorAuguste LumièreLouis LumièreStarsMadeleine KoehlerMarcel KoehlerMrs. Auguste LumiereA train arrives at La Ciotat station.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsGilbert DommSallie GardnerThe clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeIndividual photographs of the running of a buffalo shot in rapid succession.
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyA cat falls down and lands on its feet.
- DirectorP.J.C. JanssenSeries of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.The oldest film on IMDb.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsGilbert DommSallie GardnerThe clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.An experiment by Eadweard Muybridge using photographs to create the illusion of movement.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeIndividual photographs of the running of a buffalo shot in rapid succession.Another experiment by Muybridge, this time showing a buffalo galloping.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA frame sequence featuring a man walking around a corner.A frame sequence by Louis le Prince.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAnnie HartleyAdolphe Le PrinceJoseph WhitleyIn the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.The world's first celluloid film, made by Le Prince in a garden.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.Another short by Le Prince of the Leeds' Bridge.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAdolphe Le PrinceA very brief film of a man playing the accordion.Adolphe le Prince plays the accordion in this Le Prince short.
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyShot of the flight of a fly.A experiment by french scientist Etienne-Jules Marey.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsGiuseppe Sacco AlbaneseOne of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera.The first film in the USA, created by Thomas Alva Edison.