Modern Vices (1923)
- Original title
- Narkotica - Die Welt der Träume und des Wahnsinns
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Austria
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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 is a silent drama from 1924 about social problems like drug use. It mixes realistic documentary style with dramatic storytelling. A woman gets caught up in the dangers of narcotics.
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What happens
Modern Vices (German: Moderne Laster) is a 1924 Austrian silent drama film directed by Leopold Niernberger and starring Nora Gregor, Annemarie Steinsieck and Hugo Werner-Kahle. It is part of the tradition of silent era enlightenment films, which blended a mixture of documentary-style realism and melodrama in portrayals of social problems such as drugs. It is also known by the alternative title of Narkotica. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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