Director: Victor Sjöström
Stars: Tore Svennberg, Tora Teje, Richard Lund
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Two weary travelers come upon a monastery. While staying the night, they learn of its mysterious founding.
Tag: 1920
Parson’s Widow, The (Dreyer)
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Stars: Hildur Carlberg, Einar Röd, Greta Almroth
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Sweden
A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems–first, the widow is old enough to be his grandmother, and second, he is already engaged to another woman.
Why Change Your Wife? (DeMille)
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Stars: Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Robert and Beth Gordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally’s superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.
Penalty, The (Worsley)
Director: Wallace Worsley
Stars: Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
Way Down East (Griffith)
Director: D.W. Griffith
Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Mrs. David Landau
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Leaves from Satan’s Book (Dreyer)
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Stars: Helge Nissen, Halvard Hoff, Jacob Texiere
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
In 4 episodic tales of human suffering; the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918, Satan attempts to win God’s favor.
Golem, The (Boese, Wegener)
Director: Carl Boese, Paul Wegener
Stars: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem – a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.