The best movies 1908 Pagina 2

Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The...

A traveler is welcomed into a fully automated hotel, where no human intervention is required. But the machines malfunction, giving the guest a...

A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the...

At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands,...

Actuality film documenting the state visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Stockholm on 26–27 April 1908. The footage shows the...

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

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's...

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

Whirling and frenzied, dances symbolizing life suddenly vanish to give way to macabre circles, evolving in flames and terrifying scenes reminiscent...

A one-armed street peddler notices that a well-to-do man has dropped his ring. He returns it to him. The wealthy man is very grateful and, to show...

A newly-hired housekeeper turns out to be too clumsy and stupid to do her job.

A woman falls asleep on a park bench. The Devil appears and summons an imp who takes the woman to his fantastic lair. After a nightmarish episode,...

A young Roman soldier and his sweetheart are embracing each other fondly and making their vows. The next scene shows the public square, where it is...

Pathé's version of José Zorrilla's play, Don Juan Tenorio.

Believed to be the first film to feature cannibals.

The Queen Bee and her entourage appear dancing around the hive. Suddenly, a splendid rose rises in a bed of flowers, comes to life and flies off with...

This is not only a colored film of great beauty, but one showing a series of clever trick pictures in which great ingenuity on the part of the...

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