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What Do Those Old Films Mean?

7.019862h 36mMovieTV MovieDocumentary

Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.

DirectorNoël Burch
WriterNoël Burch
ProducerHubert Niogret

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