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Othello
🇨🇾 Cyprus The 16th CenturyEven without the benefit of sound, the 1922 German adaptation of Othello seems more operatic than Shakespearean. This may be due to the casting of Emil Jannings, to whom restraint and subtlety were strangers. Werner Krauss, of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari fame, is on hand as the duplicitous Iago. Appearing as the unfortunate Desdemona is Lea Von Lenkeffy, better known as Lya de Putti. Produced on an elaborate scale, Othello may not be true to the letter of Shakespeare, but is undeniably a smorgasbord of visual delights.
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Nathan der Weise
🇮🇱 Israel The 12th CenturySilent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
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A Romance of Old Baghdad
🇮🇶 Iraqn nineteenth century Mesopotamia a series of romantic enganglements ensue.
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The Murder of General Gryaznov
🇬🇪 Georgia The 1900sRevolutionary uprising of Georgian laborers in 1905.
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Die Rose von Stambul
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Jerusalem Liberated
🇮🇱 Israel The 11th CenturyThe film is set during the Crusades and describes Godfrey of Bouillon's conquest of Jerusalem in 1099.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
🇮🇶 Iraq The 1910s The 1st Century The 16th CenturyThe Cruel Hand of Intolerance — The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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From the Manger to the Cross
🇮🇱 IsraelThe life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.
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The Fall of Troy
🇹🇷 Turkey Ancient HistoryThe Fall of Troy, is an Italian silent film of 1911 directed by John Pastrone and Luigi Romano Borgnetto. Produced by the Itala Film of Turin, was the first successful film of Pastrone. From the technical point of view it was still composed of still shots, this was not yet the innovation of the cart, experienced only from Cabiria 1914.
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Ben Hur
🇮🇱 Israel Ancient HistoryThe first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
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King of the Sands
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia The 1920s The 1930s The 1940sA daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Three Thousand Years of Longing
🇹🇷 TurkeyA lonely and bitter British woman discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a Djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with apathy, she is unable to come up with one until his stories spark in her a desire to be loved.
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Three Men and a Baby
🇹🇷 TurkeyLife for an NYC bachelor and his two single friends is hilariously turned upside down when a girlfriend dumps a baby in his lap and disappears from his life forever.
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Shanti Sandesham
🇮🇱 Israel 🇵🇸 Palestine Ancient HistoryIndian version of the Jesus story. Following Jesus' birth he performs many miracles and gathers a band of followers. He runs into trouble with the authorities and the Romans execute him. He rises again and ascends to heaven.
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Chhota Bheem: Journey to Petra
🇯🇴 JordanThe king has been away to meet an old friend, but when he sends for urgent help, Bheem finds himself on an action-packed rescue mission to Egypt!
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