Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.

• DirectorNoël Burch
• Release16 November 1985
• Genre
  TV Movie / Documentary
• Duration2h 36m
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  6.0
  1 reviews
• Productions

  Channel 4 Television, Ministère de la culture