Essential Cult Cinema Mirroring the Impact of Das Experiment des Pr...

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

The new military attaché at the Constantinople embassy helps a young woman who is being blackmailed by her own husband.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

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

Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

A French military attaché at the Constantinople embassy helps a young woman who is being blackmailed by her own husband, a German baron.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

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

An innocent young librarian, Lily, catches the eye of several officers in a German garrison, and although one of the, Lieutenant Prell, is particularly attracted to her, she marries Colonel Mertzbach, the aristocratic regimental commander. When Lieutenant Prell persists in his pursuit of Lily, tragedy pursues the trio.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

While traveling by train from Denver to Washington, DC, wealthy young Grenfall Lorry meets a beautiful young girl. When they are accidentally left behind in a mining town, they race through the mountains and finally catch it. They travel to Washington and have a great time, but they soon part. They meet again later in the small European country of Graustark, where Grenfall and his friend Harry rescue her from kidnappers, and they then discover that she is actually the country's Princess Yetiva. She is engaged to Prinze Lorenz of Asphan in order to pay off Graustark's enormous debt from the war, but Lorenz is murdered and Grenfall is framed for the crime. Complications ensue.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

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

Richard De La Croix has a brother, Andreas, who has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A man-about-town named Teddy takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets Richard, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas insane.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

Valencia, also known as The Love Song, is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, who came over from Paramount to direct, and starring Mae Murray and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited role. Rumors of a surviving print persist. The film was a box office hit and the title song, Valencia, was the top song in the U.S. for the year.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

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

A man is employed to tutor the children of an aristocratic family and has an affair with the daughter of the house.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

Blanche Benton is out on her morning ride with horse and carriage, when an automobile shows up and scares the horse. The driver in the car manages to intervene and takes Blanche to her home.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.