Breaking Home Ties (1922)
- Country
- United States
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This silent film follows Russian Jewish immigrants living in New York City's Lower East Side. It shows their everyday lives and struggles.
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What happens
Breaking Home Ties is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by George K. Rolands and Frank N. Seltzer and starring Lee Kohlmar, Rebecca Weintraub and Jane Thomas. It centers on Russian Jewish immigrants in Manhattan's Lower East Side. The film was believed to be lost, before being rediscovered in Berlin in an archive in the 1980s. The National Center for Jewish Film led the digital restoration of the film over the ensuing decades. The restored version of the film, with its newly commissioned score, premiered at the New York Jewish Film Festival on 19 January 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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