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The Queen of Spades
1916 film by Yakov Protazanov
Drama in Moscow
1906 film by Vasily Goncharov
A 16th Century Russian Wedding
1909 film by Vasily Goncharov
Salamander
1928 Soviet-German film directed by Grigori Roshal
Jánošík
1921 film directed by Jaroslav Siakeľ
Shiraz
1928 film by Franz Osten
Cyrano de Bergerac
1925 film by Augusto Genina
Zhuangzi Tests His Wife
1913 film by Lai Man-Wai
Labyrinth of Horror
1921 film by Michael Curtiz
The Golden Butterfly
1926 film by Michael Curtiz
Garras de oro
1927 film
The Peach Girl
1931 film by Bu Wancang
Under the Antioquian Sky
1925 film by Arturo Acevedo Vallarino
Bilwamangal
Bilwamangal (pronounced ), also known as Bhagat Soordas, is a 1919 Indian black-and-white silent film directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala, based on a story by Champshi Udeshi about the medieval Hindu devotional poet Bilwamangala (also identified with Surdas). This full length (12000 feet) film was produced by the Elphinstone Bioscope Company, Calcutta with Bengali intertitles and is credited as the first Bengali feature film. It was released on 1 November 1919 at Cornwallis Theatre in Calcutta. The National Film Archive of India acquired the footage of film from Cinémathèque Française, France in 20
Golfo
Golfo () is a 1915 Greek silent film directed by Konstadinos Bahatoris. It is the first Greek feature film and fustanella film. The fustanella is a pleated skirt-like garment that is also referred to as a kilt. The traditional Greek garment is still worn by the Presidential Guard of Greece. Another fustanella film is Astero (1929). Golfo was based on a popular Greek agricultural-themed play written by Spyridon Peresiadis. Golfo is a tragedy resembling William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It was the forerunner for agricultural-themed films in Greek cinema during the 1920s and 1930s inspiring
Tepeyac
1917 film
Little Devil May Care
1928 French silent drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Struggle for the Matterhorn
1928 film by Mario Bonnard, Nunzio Malasomma
Eve's Daughters
1928 film by Karel Lamač
Maria do Mar
1930 film by José Leitão de Barros
National Customs
1935 film by Zhu Shilin