1928 Movies

An early documentary about life above Earth, focusing on the planet's atmosphere and how what we do affects it. Also shown is a young boy learning how...

This film on kitchen design was part of a series of promotional shorts made by the photographer Paul Wolff in 1927-28 ahead of the International Congr...

A 1928 silent documentary short about Toronto.

This silent film presents original materials from 1917–1921 and later reconstructions. Polonia Restituta shows the German occupation of Warsaw, the fi...

To pay off their debts, parents sell their daughter Kira to an old coach maker, a wealthy man Stavro, before her birth. When Kira is 13 years old, Sta...

'Vavila the Terrible’ is a muzhik who beats his wife, ‘Auntie’ Arina, and demands his meal of shchi and kacha (soup and porridge). When he and his fri...

Spanning three generations, the film depicts life in Copenhagen from the perspective of the working class. The film portrays the development of the ci...

Fragment nul uur nul chimes with the tune of such a symphony, yet plays eclectically with form and image. A hidden gem, it was originally conceived as...

Short silent documentary on Carnaval at Malmédy, Belgium.

The film, shot by the Turinese photographer and amateur film maker Luis Bogino, displays daily life in Turin, giving a glimpse of the busy downtown ar...

Silivia the Zulu is an experiment in ethnographic cinema that combines fiction and documentary techniques to tell a love story of a member of the Zu...

Snap travels with his dog to the North Pole where they encounter a polar bear

Titelcards that where shown during or before the film program, calling for a restriction of the amount of bicycles (!) being stalled in the hall of th...

A young woman becomes a maid for a day at a garden tea party.

Two inventors head to propose a machine for easy soap packaging while evil capitalist tries to destroy the machine and gaslighting friends.

Nine part documentary series on the advantages of the Neues Bauen architectural movement, particularly in addressing housing shortages.