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Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: J. Gordon Edwards

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

Don Caesar de Bazan, a reckless nobleman, falls for Maritana, a gypsy dancing girl. When Maritana is insulted by a drunk, Don Caesar wins her love by coming to her rescue. The two go to Madrid, where the girl is summoned to dance before the Queen. Maritana also attracts the attention of King Charles. Don Jose, the prime minister, who secretly loves the Queen, plots to get Maritana for the King. To do this, he schemes to have Maritana marry a nobleman so she can enter the King's court. Don Jose chooses Don Caesar, who has been imprisoned and sentenced to death for dueling during Holy Week. Don Caesar agrees to marry the woman selected by Don Jose. After the ceremony, his wife believes he has been pardoned, but Don Caesar is sent to a firing squad. He is saved by a youth who has removed the bullets from the rifles. Eventually, Don Caesar wins the King's approval, and he is made prime minister.

Dir: Wallace Worsley

An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.

Dir: Frederic Zelnik

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

Actress Paula who left circus on disability of the husband acrobat, leaves a family to the wealthy man. A remarkable research of diseases of pre-revolutionary society where "owners of life" manipulating the equities and human destinies.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

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

The story and doings of several people belonging to different strata of society and unrelated family - household relationships.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Harry Garson

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Molchi, grust... molchi perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Marta Estevan is ready to leave the convent where she has been reared. Dona Luisa Artega, mother of Rafael and the young girl's guardian, arranges a marriage between the two, because she thinks that Marta's influence will rescue her son from the wild life he is leading and make a man of him. Marta rescues the American Bryton, when he is attacked by Indians, and falls in love with him. Rafael's mother sends Bryton away by telling him that the girl has entered a convent for life, and after telling Marta that Bryton had been killed on the trail she exacts a vow from the girl that she will marry her son. Marta marries Rafael. Bryton comes back after the marriage and after Marta has found out the true character of her husband. The story moves on from this point to a happy ending, but with much action of tense and strenuous nature in between. - Moving Picture World, May 15, 1920.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A significant part of the 1912 production "A Life for the Tsar" was used in this film.