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In Sunset Boulevard, Silent Film star Norma Desmond summed the era up admirably: "We didn't need dialogue. We had faces". The silent film era was much more than cinema's warm-up for the talkies. It produced masterpieces that we still watch with awe today on DVD: the classic comic genius of Keaton and Chaplin; the inventive spectacle of movies like Metropolis, the heartbreak of Sunrise. This is film that remains powerful and thrilling.

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The Phantom of the Opera (Ultimate Edition)

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The Phantom of the Opera (Ultimate Edition)

1925, Rupert Julian, DVD

Lon Chaney's genius for mime and his ability to bring humanity to the most deformed of creatures make for a phantom that has yet to be surpassed, a creature both terrifying and tender, and one of the defining performances of all silent cinema. Some scenes were even directed by an uncredited Chaney, and the sheer visual power of the film has rare...

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Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon) (Masters of Cinema)

1929, Fritz Lang, DVD

 

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Frau im Mond is a number of things. Firstly, it was...

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The Complete Fritz Lang Mabuse Box Set (Masters of Cinema)

1922-60, Fritz Lang, DVD

 

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From the early stages of his career across five dec...

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People on Sunday

1929, Curt Siodmak, Edgar G Ulmer, DVD

 

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Marking the debuts of such talents as Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Edgar Ulmer, Robert and Curt ...

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Der Golem

1920, Paul Wegener, DVD

 

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From the golden era of German silent film comes a tale of the Golem, a giant man of clay construc...

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The Black Pirate

1926, Albert Parker, DVD

 

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Filmed in Two-Strip Technicolor in 1926, The Black Pirate is a tale of adventure on the high seas...

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Metropolis (Reconstructed & Restored) (Masters of Cinema) (Blu-ray)

1926, Fritz Lang, Blu-ray

 

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With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic citysca...

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Charlie Chaplin - The Essanay Films (Vol 2)

1915-18, Charlie Chaplin, DVD

 

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Charlie Chaplin - The Essanay Films (Vol 2)

The films Charlie Chaplin made at the Essanay Studios in 1915 show some his most ...

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Strike (Hyperkino Edition)

1924, Sergei Eisenstein, DVD

 

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Strike (Hyperkino Edition)

Trying out new ideas which he was to go on and make famous the following year in ...

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Engineer Prite's Project (Hyperkino Edition)

1918, Lev Kuleshov, DVD

 

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Engineer Prite's Project (Hyperkino Edition)

Lev Kuleshov’s directorial debut is a landmark work of Russian cinema, being the ...

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Charlie Chaplin - The Essanay Films (Vol 1)

1915, Charlie Chaplin, DVD

 

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Charlie Chaplin - The Essanay Films (Vol 1)

The films Charlie Chaplin made at the Essanay Studios in 1915 show some of his mo...

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South - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic Of The Antarctic

1919, Frank Hurley, DVD

 

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South - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic Of The Antarctic

Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic attempt to cross the...

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The Great White Silence

1924, Herbert Ponting, DVD+Blu-ray

 

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Herbert Ponting's official record of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the ...

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