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The Secret Kingdom (1925)

The Secret Kingdom poster
Directed by
Sinclair Hill
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man gets a machine that reads minds. He learns the dark truths people hide in their thoughts.

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What happens

The Secret Kingdom is a 1925 British silent fantasy, and science fiction film. It was directed by Sinclair Hill, and starred Matheson Lang, Stella Arbenina and Eric Bransby Williams. It is an adaptation of the novel The Hidden Fire by Bertram Atkey. The screenplay concerns a wealthy man who acquires a mind-reading machine, but is soon horrified to discover what people are really thinking. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios in London, it was re-issued in 1929 under the alternative title of Beyond the Veil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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