Masterpiece Selection Resonating with the Themes of Névtelen vár: C...

Dir: Márton Garas

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Márton Garas

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Márton Garas

Mail author for translation. A halhatatlan mûvészi alkotások úgy vonzzák a mûélvezõket, mint a boldog találkozások színhelye a szerelmeseket; több- ször is visszatérnek hozzá. Tolsztoj gyönyörû regénye, a Karenina Anna is ezek közé a mûvek közé tartozik - csak film idáig tíz készült belõle. A regénynek világszerte leg- ismertebb változata 1936-ból való. Fõszereplõje Greta Garbo. Az 1948-as Karenina Anna, Julien Duvivier munkája az eddigi legjobb megfilmesítés. Némafilm viszont egy készült szerte a világon, amely Annát úgy ábrázolja, mint a regény: a sze- relmet sóvárgó asszony alakját teátrális eszközökkel mu- tatja be, aki felnagyított társadalmi konvenciók közt él, s az elõírt és elvárt szabályokat nem igazán tûri. Ter- mészetes meleg érzésekkel közeledik közvetlen környeze- téhez, hiszen éppen ezek az érzések hordozzák magukban a konvenciók, a képmutatás elleni lázadás lehetõségét.

Dir: Dallas M. Fitzgerald

Confidence artist Flossie Golden attempts to fleece foolish but wealthy James Venable with a breach-of-promise suit. Venable's shrewd attorney, Richard Harding, outwits Flossie by proposing that she marry Venable and live on an allowance of $3,000 per year. Flossie is determined to get even with Harding for ruining her plans. In an attempt to con him, she poses as Innocence Page, but falls in love and marries him instead. Larry, Flossie's former accomplice, endeavors to blackmail her with her errant past, but Harding is already cognizant of the facts and Larry fails.

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

Dir: Márton Garas

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Edward LeSaint

When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.

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

Dir: Márton Garas

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Márton Garas

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Charles Horan

While working as a flower girl in Devlin Maddox's nightclub, Nellie Vaughan meets wealthy young Pelton Van Teel and falls in love. Maddox, desirous of using Nellie to blackmail Van Teel, spreads a rumor that she is his mistress. This makes Nellie uncomfortable, and she demands that Van Teel marry her immediately, to which he agrees. Meanwhile, Van Teel has been losing money gambling to Maddox, who threatens to break up the marriage by producing a worthless check that the young husband has written. Venturing to Maddox's apartment for a showdown, Nellie pulls a gun and demands the check, accidentally shooting Maddox when he throws a lamp at her. Maddox plans to charge Nellie with assault, but when the police arrive, his butler, actually a detective employed by the elder Van Teel, exposes Maddox, who is then arrested, clearing the path for the couple's happiness.

Dir: Márton Garas

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.