
Russian Paval Pavlovitch is married to an American woman when a decree is handed down that nationalizes women between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five as common property of the state for the use of its citizens. Passports are refused for Pavlovitch's family.

Elliott J. Clawson
United States

Unpacking the Audacious Vision of Common Property (1919) In the annals of early cinema, few films dared to tackle socio-political anxieties with the audacious, almost fantastical, premise of 1919's Common Property. Emerging from a period rife with global upheaval and ideological ferment, this silent drama, pe...


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William C. Dowlan

William C. Dowlan
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" Unpacking the Audacious Vision of Common Property (1919) In the annals of early cinema, few films dared to tackle socio-political anxieties with the audacious, almost fantastical, premise of 1919's Common Property. Emerging from a period rife with global upheaval and ideological ferment, this silent drama, penned by Elliott J. Clawson, plunges its audience into a nightmarish scenario that, while hyperbolic, resonates with profound questions about individual liberty, state authority, an..."


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