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The Birth of a Nation USA (1915)   D. W. Griffith, Black and White Duration: 03.13:15, English Intertitles **Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan. Highly criticised as a brilliantly executed but racist film. **

Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage)

Sweden (1921)Victor Sjostrom, Black and White/Tinted Duration: 01.47:05, Swedish Intertitles/[|Read the plot] **It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, the one that picks up the souls of the dead... David Holm, one of the three drunkards, dies at the last stroke of midnight... **

= Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages =



Denmark (1922) Benjamin Christensen, Black and White/Tinted Duration: 1.33:1 Danish Intertitles/English Subtitles **Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a Satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious—instead it’s a witches’ brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous material. - [|The Criterion Collection] **

The Wind (Last 10 minutes)


 * A frail young woman from the east moves in with her cousin in the west, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad. **


 * This looks amazing. I have never seen this but must now track it down. See a poor videocam of the last 10 minutes of this projected in a theater. This still looks wonderful.**

USA (1928) Dir. Victor Sjostrom, Black and White Stars Lillian Gish Duration: 1.19:00 English Intertitles