Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Silent Cinema: 114 Films to Rent on DVD
- Kriemhilde's Revenge (Die Nibelungen Pt. 2) (1925)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Margarete Schon, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos
- Second part of Lang's Die Nibelungen saga (Part One – SIEGFRIED) has the aggrieved Kriemhilde joining forces with Attila the Hun against her…
- Last Laugh, The (Letzte Mann, Der) (1925)
- Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Emil Jannings
- One of the classics of silent German cinema, this puts visual expressionism to use for a penetrating psychological study of a man's systematic…
- Lost World, The (1925)
- Dir. Harry Hoyt
Feat. Bessie Love, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
- An inventive precursor to KING KONG, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's adventure story. Prehistoric monsters abound in this showcase of pioneering…
- Merry Widow, The (1925)
- Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall…
- Silent romantic comedy about a prince who falls in love with a dancer and commoner (Mae Murray) but after the marriage is forbidden she goes on to…
- Seven Chances (1925)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Another of Buster Keaton's masterpieces is this romantic comedy in which he plays a man who is offered a seven million dollar fortune if he marries…
- Variety (1925)
- Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
- A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
- Iron Horse, The (1924)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy
- An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
- Michael (Mikael) (1924)
- Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Feat. Nora Gregor, Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen
- A landmark in gay silent cinema from Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Walter Slezak as the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret…
- Navigator, The (1924)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Feat. Buster Keaton
- One of Buster Keaton's most evocative silent comedies, playing a naive youth who becomes marooned upon a gigantic yacht drifting out to…
- Siegfried (Die Nibelungen Pt. 1) (1924)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos…
- First part of Dir. Lang's recreation of the German Nibelungen myth cycle (that inspired Wagner's 'Ring'), features fire–breathing dragons,…