The Portrait (1915)

Original title

Портрет

Directed by

Ladislas Starevich

Genre

drama film, horror film, silent film

Country

Russian Empire

Runtime

44 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 14 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.

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How it feels

A man becomes obsessed with a mysterious portrait that seems to have a strange power over him. He slowly descends into paranoia and confusion as his reality becomes entangled with dark visions.

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What happens

The Portrait (Russian: Портрет, romanized: Portret) is a 1915 Russian film directed by Ladislas Starevich. Only 22 minutes of 45 minutes of the film still exist today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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