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Dir: Alexander Butler

In Alberta, Canada, a Cornish emigrant unmasks a rustler posing as the girl's "blind" father.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

In Southern Bavaria, Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel insists his elder daughter Liesel marry first. Liesel is shunned as too brutal. Seppel suggests marrying Liesel first, ridding her, then wedding Gretel.

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.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Kohlhiesel's Daughters perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

After WWI, German cinema shifted from comedies to serious themes. Silent expressionist films like "Caligari" and "Carmen" gained international recognition.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

While making a movie in the Alps, the female star falls in love with a nobleman.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.