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Subgenre Sampler
Liebelei (1933)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Arthur Schnitzler - An early work from the German maestro of the tracking shot, whose tale of doomed romance between a young soldier and fraulein (taken from a play by…
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hania - Renoir's joyfully anarchic attack on the bourgeoisie in which vagrant Michel Simon wreaks emotional havoc in the orderly household that have offered…
Fanny (1932)- Dir. Marc Allegret
Feat. Raimu, Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay… - Leisurely French romantic drama based on the play by Marcel Pagnol that marks the second part in the Marseille film trilogy that started with Marius…
M... Worst Crime of All (1931)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Peter Lorre - A chilling expressionist classic starring Peter Lorre as psychotic child molester. Dir. Lang masterfully fills the screen with understated but…
Marius (1931)- Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis… - Based on the play by revered French writer Marcel Pagnol, this is the first film in the Marseille Trilogy featuring the characters of Marius (Pierre…
Silent Naruse (Flunky, Work Hard; No Blood Relation; Apart From You; Every-Night Dreams; Street Without End) (1931-1934)- Dir. Mikio Naruse
- A collection of silent era films from renowned Japanese director Mikio Naruse, the only five from the 1930's that still exist today, featuring new…
Blood of a Poet (1930)- Dir. Jean Cocteau
Feat. Lee Miller, Pauline Carton - Cocteau's first film is a surrealist gem that sewed the seeds of his style. The Dali/Bunuel influence is clear, but this goes one step further with…
Blue Angel, The (1930)
- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings - A masterwork of the twenties German grotesquerie, this enjoyed great success and gave an early career boost to Marlene Dietrich.
Earth (Zemlya) (1930)- Dir. Alexander Dovzhenko
- One of the poetic highpoints of Soviet cinema, this sets its simple tale amid the life of a Ukrainian peasant village undergoing modernization after…
Films of Jean Vigo, The (À propos de Nice; Taris, roi de l'eau; Zero De Conduite, L' Atlante) (1930-1933)- Dir. Jean Vigo
Feat. Jean Daste - Three early, formative short works from seminal French filmmaker Jean Vigo. A PROPOS DE NICE (1930, 21 min): Vigo juxtaposes the affluence and…
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