The best movies 1908 Pagina 4

A selection of Hamlet’s most famous scenes are reproduced in this Italian production from 1908.

A silent short about a Sioux Indian by D.W. Griffith.

A day in the life of a Stockholm drifter.

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

Very early footage of the streets of Barcelona, filmed from a tram.

During a storm, three characters take refuge in an isolated house. There, invisible forces bring their luggage, clothes and food to life, whilst an...

Barcarola is a 1908 Brazilian film directed by Júlio Ferrez. It was the first "sound" film in Brazil, that is, with actors dubbing themselves...

The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child (played by Georges Méliès's son, André) before tucking him...

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is...

Miner Kate Nelson strikes gold but is quickly robbed at a frontier hotel by a desperate Mexican woman, who shoots a hotel clerk during her escape....

Short film about a magic ride

A young man is seen entering his room and from the many expressions on his worn face one could not doubt that he is just returning from one grand...

A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Has she waited faithfully or has she moved on?

Steampunk fantasia of interplanetary travel and submarine life.

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl...

The pretty daughter of a French-Canadian backwoodsman incites the love of a trapper who is so smitten with the beauty of this wood nymph that he...

After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of potential lovers to unite. While flying over a city, he...

Short film about a magic ride

The silent Spanish version of the story of Don Juan Tenorio.