The Kiddies in the Ruins (1918)
- Directed by
- George William Pearson
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- 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 silent film from 1918 shows children trying to live in areas of France that have been destroyed by World War I. It follows their daily struggles in the ruins left behind by the fighting.
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What happens
The Kiddies in the Ruins is a 1918 British silent war film directed by George Pearson and starring Emmy Lynn, Hugh E. Wright and Georges Colin. It was released two days after the Armistice that halted fighting in the First World War and depicts the lives of children living in war-devastated France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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