Beneath the Czar (1914)

Directed by

Alice Guy-Blaché

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

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.

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How it feels

A woman spies on a suspected revolutionary prince to save her father from torture. She falls in love and adopts his cause. They escape to America with help from a soldier.

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What happens

Beneath the Czar è un film muto del 1914 scritto e diretto da Alice Guy (con il nome Alice Blaché). Al fine di impedire che la polizia segreta torturi suo padre, arrestato per ragioni politiche, Anna Pavlova accetta di spiare il principe Cyril Rubetskoi che è sospettato di essere un rivoluzionario. Frequentandolo, Anna si innamora del principe e sposa le sue idee. Traditi da un servo, Cyril viene arrestato. Anna riuscirà, con l'aiuto di Vassilj, un soldato, a liberare sia l'innamorato che il padre. Tutti insieme, fuggiranno in America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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