This classic piece of early silent cinema is noted not merely for its dramatic camerawork and cast of thousands but also for its contribution as a cinematic template, particularly in the genre of horror. Set in 16th Century Prague, a monstrous creature of Jewish myth is unleashed by a Rabbi to save his people from anti-Semitic legislation; unfortunately for all concerned The Golem's taste for destruction is not sated by the demands of his master, and so begins an unstoppable rampage. find out more...

The girl that launched a thousand haircuts stars in this story of riches to rags to riches. Brooks plays Thymian cast out by her family when pregnant, only to be reinstated in society by the patronage of a wealthy count. A classic tale of patriarchy dominating a young girl's struggle to survive. find out more...

Lang's epic thriller, drama and social commentary portrays Dr Mabuse as the villains' villain, a megalomaniac of the highest order and a man so utterly devoid of morality that no opportunity is beneath him. One of his earliest the film works almost like a testing ground for his later seminal works, with the director returning to Dr Mabuse's hypnotic character a number of times over the next thirty odd years with great success. Of historic interest. find out more...

Includes the films; How It Feels to be Run Over (1900) Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) Rescued by Rover (1905) The Other Side of the Hedge (1905) The Fatal Sneeze (1907) Visit to Peak Frean's and Co's Biscuit Works (1906) A Day in the Life of a Coalminer (1910) Par le trou de serrure (1901) Ali Baba et les quarantes voleurs (1905) Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse (1906) Le chaval emballe (1907) The Physician of the Castle (1908) Magic Bricks (1908) It's Scotch (1898) The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903) The find out more...

Including the films: Sortie d'usine (1895), Repas de bebe (1895), Demolition d'un mur (1896), Le Jardinier et le petit espiegle (1895), Arrivee des Congessistes a Neuville-sur-saone (1895), Arrivee d'un train en gare a la ciotat(1895), Partie d'ecarte (1895), Barque sortant du port(1895), Leaving Jerusalem By Railway(1896), Bataillede Boules de Neige (1896), Pompiers a Lyon (1896), Niagara and Spanish Bullfight (1897) all by Auguste and Louis Lumiere. Voyage a travers l'impossible (Melies, 1904 find out more...

Pudovkin's account of the 1917 Revolution was commissioned as part of the celebrations to mark its 10th anniversary and this silent epic stands as an example of the grandiose nature of early Russian film-making. The spirit of the masses is represented by a single, proto-typical worker-hero, and his view of the revolution. find out more...

A remarkable documentary made by painstakingly searching for all the film-clips ever made of the Csar, his family and the surrounding events. Brilliantly edited the film achieves effects of irony, absurdity, pathos and grandeur. One of the most remarkable films ever made. find out more...

In the Shadow of the Guillotine (54 minutes), Juve versus Fantomas (59 minutes), The Murderous Corpse (90 minutes), Fantomas versus Fantomas (59 minutes), The False Magistrate (70 minutes). find out more...

Murnau's version of the story of the man who sold his soul to the Devil in return for youth is visually extraordinary but uneven in terms of dramatic effect. Certainly, its opening scenes (the prologue between an Angel and Satan, and the temptation of Faust, after which Mephistopheles takes him on an astonishing, beautiful journey through the skies) easily hold the attention, but a long central section, portraying Faust's courtship of Marguerite, sits awkwardly with what has preceded it. The fin find out more...

A silent classic. A temptress toys with three men in a hokey but elegant bit of melodramatic fluff climaxing with death on an iceberg. Renowned for its then electric love scenes the film was a big success because of the off stage Gilbert/Garbo romance. Archive material. find out more...