1920s Movies

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The well-known writer has never before been able to allow...

How Germany was when its people entered the nightmare of World War II? Despair and fear lead a hungry population to follow the chilling call of just...

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of...

Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century...

A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.

Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks...

In 1920s Czechoslovakia a boy named Stephen is treated for leukemia by famous physician of internal medicine Josef Thomayer.

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between...

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes...

Today, after not seeing his beloved Zulen in years, Dora comes face to face with him.

The movie takes place on Oslo's east side sometime during the twenties. It depicts the workers' environment by traditional elements like...

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces...

In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.

This is the lurid, true story about femme fatale Dolly, her murdered husband, and her lover, Otto -- the man in the attic. In the 1930s, Dolly met...

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but her...

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting...

In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was...

An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.

Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after years of captivity. But the Vienna he...

When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.