The Black Guest (1920)

Directed by

Wolfgang Neff

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

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 German silent film from 1920 follows a mysterious stranger who disrupts a small community. The story unfolds through expressive visuals without spoken dialogue.

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What happens

The Black Guest (German: Der schwarze Gast) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Wolfgang Neff. The film's art direction was by Franz Schroedter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.