Deep Archive Finds in the Vein of Calvaire d'amour: Cult Guide

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

Story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Ilona Ratkay, musical revue star, has a manager with imagination to create alluring stories for publicity purposes. His last one unintentionally entangles a rich farmer and his son who are visiting the capital and taken by Ilona's charm.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A singer who is believed dead returns with a decidedly different appearance.He has been in Russia and has lost his memory. But his wife still loves him.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Unknown Singer perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

1913 Russia: when a sheltered daughter is taken by a banker to a restaurant she doesn't know her father works at, she is saved from being seduced and comforts herself later with the more respectable admiration of her piano teacher.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

American mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, daughter of the deposed president of a Latin American country. He becomes involved in the revolution when he attempts to help the president regain power. After many dangerous adventures, including a narrow escape from a rebel firing squad, McClellan succeeds in restoring Silva to office and winning the girl.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Les yeux noirs perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A lady who had a secret affair lives in fear.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Adventurer perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Unkwown to the vast majority, Count Patrice is the crown prince of Simenia. One day he sails for the East on his yacht "Bengal" in the company of Christiane, a beautiful princess, in love with him. Chance has it that Patrice sets Anar, an Oriental beauty, free from the harem where she is held captive. Love is born between the two young people, which infuriates Christiane. Mad with jealousy, the vexed woman sets about preventing Patrice and Anar from marrying... by all means fair or foul!

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

Philippe, the order of an old colonel, surprises the wife of his boss in the arms of a young lieutenant. So that he remains silent, she offers herself to him.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

In 1860s Russia, a young officer is sent on a mission to save his country from invaders.