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Lal-e-Yaman
🇾🇪 YemenOriental fantasy derived from classic Parsee theatre. The heir to the Yemeni throne, Prince Parviz, is falsely imprisoned by his stepmother who claims power. Parviz receives a magic dagger from a mystic sufi fakir to liberate himself and his people. The dagger makes him invisible. He kills the Apeman and the genii, rescues the captive Princess Parizad and, finally, overwhelms the soldiers sent to recapture him. The king learns the truth and repents.
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Der Zarewitsch
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Cairo Season
🇪🇬 EgyptComedy with an Egyptian backdrop: Businessman Tobby and the Countess Stafanie wish to take all the fun away from their single parents and make them marry each other. Their parents have the same plan, too ... but with regards to their nosy kids. And so it happens, that Tobby wants to surprise the parents with the announcement of their -- the parents' -- engagement at a party (so nice to let them know), but is one-upped by Stefanie's father, the old Count, who announces the engagement of the kids. To avoid a scandal, they have to get married, but will divorce later.
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Großfürstin Alexandra
🇷🇺 Russia The 1910sFilm by Thiele.
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Idylle au Caire
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India Speaks
🇮🇳 India 🇰🇭 CambodiaA virgin chosen to bear a living GOD! — A documentary of explorer Richard Halliburton's travels on the Indian sub-continent, featuring a mix of real and staged footage.
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Japanese King Kong
Tokyo PrefectureA silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO). It is now considered to be a lost film.
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The Light of Maternal Instinct
ShanghaiAlthough Hui-Ying is now married to a husband that offers a life of stability and comfort, over ten years ago her first husband (Jia-Hu) fled from Shanghai to Nanyang (old name for Southeast Asia) to escape capture by a warlord - leaving her and their toddler daughter (Shao-Mei) behind in helpless desperation. Despite the mother's emotional attachment to her absent husband, she has never told the daughter about Jia-Hu so the daughter believes the stepfather is her biological father. But the mother begins to have second thoughts about the stepfather when she sees the teen daughter zealously follow the path paved by him - a path that the mother fears will lead to her daughter's moral decline.
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Shanghai Express
Shanghai The 1930sMany Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return ! — A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
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The Mummy
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930s The 1920sIt Comes to Life! — An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
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A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
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Red Dust
🇻🇳 VietnamShe fought for her mate with a tigress' fury… — Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police; but when his new surveyor, Gary, arrives along with his refined but sensual wife, Barbara, Dennis gets infatuated by her.
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Madame Butterfly
🇯🇵 JapanPinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.
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Singapore Sue
🇸🇬 SingaporeFour sailors enter a Singapore dive, meet a Chinese girl from Brooklyn, and find there's more to her than meets the eye. Two songs.
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The Hatchet Man
🇨🇳 ChinaHe kills! She thrills! — When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
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Roar of the Dragon
🇨🇳 ChinaA boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.
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Scarlet Dawn
🇷🇺 Russia 🇹🇷 Turkey The 1910sDuring the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challenging new life.
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Out of Singapore
🇵🇭 Philippines 🇸🇬 SingaporeWhile a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship.
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Verdict of the Sea
🇸🇬 SingaporeWhen 'Gentleman' Burton boards the Capri his aura of mystery makes the crew curious about his origins and makes him especially attractive to the Captain's daughter. But he little realises the danger that is to unfold when the Captain conceals diamonds on board as a favour...
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Pink Dream
ShanghaiPink Dream tells the story of a young novelist who is supported by a loving and hard-working wife. The novelist, however, is drawn to the decadent life of a socialite who introduces him to the dance halls that dot Shanghai. As the film progresses, the novelist soon learns of the emptiness of this urban existence and rejects it as a "pink dream."
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Almost Married
🇷🇺 RussiaThrills! Chills! AND GRIM REALITIES IN A MELODRAMATIC SHOCKER — With the firing squad at the ready and the Bolsheviks at her heels, Anita Mellikovna (Violet Heming) is given safe passage out of Moscow by embassy attaché Deene Maxwell (Ralph Bellamy). Deene weds Anita, unaware that she is still legally the wife of Louis Capristi (Alexander Kirkland), an incarcerated madman. When Capristi learns of the marriage, he escapes and makes his way to London where he turns the newlyweds’ heaven into a living hell.
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Fires of Fate
🇪🇬 EgyptA British adventure film directed by Norman Walker
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Tod über Shanghai
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The China Plate
🇨🇳 ChinaAn old plate tells the tale of the Emperor of China, whose palace was disrupted by some children.
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Tokyo Chorus
Tokyo PrefectureMr. Omura, a teacher, leads a group of male students in an outdoor drill. One slight, comic young man, Shinji Okajima, has no shirt under his jacket; he scratches at fleas and makes faces behind Omura's back. Jump ahead several years, Shinji is married with three children. He sells insurance, and on the company's annual bonus day, he protests when an older worker is fired. Shinji loses his own job as a result, and he and his wife must find ways to cope. Lassitude, pride, the demands and needs of young children, and relationships from bygone school days all play a part in the outcome of their struggle.
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The Yellow Ticket
🇷🇺 Russia The 1910sA young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
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East of Borneo
🇮🇩 IndonesiaThrill Upon Thrill! The Most EXCITING Picture Ever Screened! — Woman treks through jungle to find her missing husband.
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Son of India
🇮🇳 IndiaAn Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
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1914
🇷🇺 Russia The 1910sThe film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.
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Siberian Patrol
🇷🇺 RussiaThe story of a British POW who converts to communism.
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Once a Lady
🇷🇺 RussiaA young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to leave Britain and moves to Paris. Many years later, her daughter approaches her, needing her help.
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In the Employ of the Secret Service
🇷🇺 RussiaDuring WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.
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Tell England
🇹🇷 Turkey The 1910sIn England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
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A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Guangdong ProvinceBai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae Le De is also appointed to a post at the same place. Hu Lun Ting falls in love with Luo Hua, daughter of the local commander.
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The Rebel
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Earth
🇷🇺 RussiaIn the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.
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The White Devil
🇷🇺 Russia The 19th CenturyIvan Mozzhukhin is a "...hot-headed Caucasian mountaineer leader whose irrational behavior comes to the attention of the Czar . Hoping to use Hajji Murad as a go-between in his plans to conquer the Caucasus mountaineers, the Russian ruler finds that the hero is not so easily manipulated. Rescuing the beautiful Saira from the Czar's clutches, Hajji Murad leads the mountain people's revolt against the despotic regent." Needless to say, the film ends in tragedy.
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Gypped in Egypt
🇪🇬 EgyptWaffles the Cat and Don Dog find themselves at the mercy of animate skeletons inside an Egyptian tomb.
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The Virtuous Sin
🇷🇺 Russia The 1910sMarya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
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Tarakanova
🇷🇺 Russia The 18th CenturyTarakanova is a 1930 French historical drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Édith Jéhanne, Paule Andral and Olaf Fjord. It depicts the life of Princess Tarakanoff, the pretender to the throne of Catherine II in Eighteenth Century Russia.
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Dangerous Paradise
🇮🇩 IndonesiaA PARAMOUNT ALL TALKIES ROMANTIC DRAMA! — Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...
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New Moon
🇷🇺 RussiaNew Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff learns that Tanya is engaged to the old Governor Brusiloff. Petroff, disillusioned, crashes the ball to talk with Tanya. Found by Brusiloff, they invent a story about her lost bracelet. To reward him, and remove him, Brusiloff sends Petroff to the remote, and deadly, Fort Darvaz. Soon, the big battle against overwhelming odds will begin.
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The Flame of Love
🇷🇺 Russia The 1900sIn Russia, a Chinese dancer gives herself to a duke to save her brother's life.
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Das Land des Lächelns
🇨🇳 China The 1910sA western woman falls in love with a chinese prince. When she accompanies him to his homeland, strange things await her. Based on the operetta of the same name with music by Franz Lehár and libretto by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda.
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Man with a Movie Camera
🇷🇺 Russia The 1920sA cameraman wanders around Moscow, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Odesa with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
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