Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.
Season 1
6 episodes
Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.
Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.
Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.
Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.
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Episode 1
Where It All Began
Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.
58 min
Episode 2
Art's Promised Land
Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
58 min
Episode 3
The Unchained Camera
Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.
58 min
Episode 4
The Music of Light
Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.
58 min
Episode 5
Opportunity Lost
Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.
58 min
Episode 6
End of an Era
Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.
58 min
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