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Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A Parisian playboy living beyond his means falls in love with a beautiful society woman fleeing her husband. He turns to robbing and swindling the wealthy to pay for their lavish lifestyle but his past finally catches up with him.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

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

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

On a carnival evening in Nice, when Jeanne Olier is to be engaged to a certain Natahlie Rouhais, a mysterious woman in black enter the room and violently demands the young girl to renounce this marriage. Jeanne, shaken and afraid, runs away i despair. He is followed by the lady in black.

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 Nuit de carnaval perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

At the Sorbonne University in Paris, Odette, a young student, is courted by two sympathetic students. She gives in to the advances of the most charming, Jacques, and finds herself pregnant. Maxime, who has obtained nothing from her, immediately offers to become her husband, but she don't want him. Jacques, when he finds out about the situation, finally decides to marry Odette, much to Maxime's disappointment.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

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!