Mockery 1927
Also Known As
Der Idiot
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Austria ), Der Sohn der Taiga
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Germany ), Einer von unten
( Austria ), La novela de un mujik
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Spain ), O ilithios
(
Greece ), Terror
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USA )
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 There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. Dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food. He meets a mysterious young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband. They find an abandoned house where they can rest... but a stranger is hiding inside. Sergei washes the woman's feet and prepares a bed for her. The stranger reveals himself and is soon joined by cossacks; they do not ... more |
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Gilda (1946)Just arrived in Argentina, small-time crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is saved from a gunman by sinister Ballin Mundson, who...
Cast: Rita Hayworth ... |
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)In this fable-morality subtitled "A Song of Two Humans", the "evil" temptress is a city woman who bewitches farmer Anses and...
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Metropolis (1927)It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and...
The Unknown (1927)Alonzo is an apparently armless knife thrower who uses his feet to encircle Estrellita with blades. Zanzi is killed by Alonzo...
The Beloved Rogue (1927)In 1432, while François Villon is still an infant, his father dies as a martyr to his devotion to France. François grows up...
My Best Girl (1927)Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the...
7th Heaven (1927)In Paris, in the early years of the twentieth century, lives Chico, a sewer worker with lofty aspirations. One night, Chico...
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror...
The King of Kings (1927)Mary Magdalene becomes angry when Judas, now a follower of Jesus, won't come to her feast. She goes to see Jesus and becomes...
Quality Street (1927)Phoebe Throssel lives with her sister, Susan, and cheerfully suffers the prying eyes of the three Willoughby sisters, her...
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