The Kiss
A woman made for love...sacrificed on the altar of a desperate passion...
Genres
Overview
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
62 min
Release Date
1929-11-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
23
Vote Average
6.3
Greta Garbo
Irene Guarry
Conrad Nagel
André Dubail
Anders Randolf
Charles Guarry
Holmes Herbert
Lassalle
Lew Ayres
Pierre Lassalle
George Davis
Detective Durant
Symona Boniface
Gossip in Museum (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
Prison Warden (uncredited)
André Cheron
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Tour Guide (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman
Lounge Lizard (uncredited)
0.0
Sealed Hearts
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1919-11-16 | en
0.0
Battle at Honnôji Temple
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1908-09-16 | ja
3.0
Esmeralda
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1905-12-01 | fr
6.0
You Never Know Women
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1926-09-20 | en
0.0
The Cold Deck
Gambler "On-the Level" Leigh (William S. Hart) is forced to leave his high rolling lifestyle to move his ailing sister Alice (Mildred Harris) to the healing climate the mountains. Financial strain compels him to resume his favored vocation. Unfortunately for Level, the dance hall girl Coralie (Alma Rubens) doesn't take rejection well and convinces the dealer to clean him out with a "cold deck". A desperate robbery ensues, leading to Level wanted for murder!
1917-10-31 | en
7.2
People on Sunday
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.
1930-02-04 | de
7.9
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
1920-02-27 | de
5.9
White Gold
A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.
1927-02-24 | en
6.8
The Joyless Street
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
1925-03-01 | de
6.8
L'Âge d'or
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
1930-11-28 | fr
0.0
Love of a State Councillor
Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen
1915-11-10 | ru
0.0
Four Feathers
A British army officer refuses to avenge the death of a general who was murdered years earlier. He is awarded three feathers by his officers. When his fiancée fails to defend his stance, he plucks a feather from her fan. He proves his courage by rescuing his comrades in dangerous and life-threatening situations. Later he returns each feather as proof of his redemption and courage.
1915-05-24 | en
10.0
The Way of the Strong
A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.
1928-06-18 | en
5.2
The Mills in Joy and Sorrow
A hobo takes revenge to a miller who didn't give him something to eat.
1912-05-23 | nl
6.9
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.
1919-05-13 | en
8.3
City Lights
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
1931-02-06 | en
7.5
Pandora's Box
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.
1929-01-30 | de
7.9
The General
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
1926-12-25 | en
8.0
The Gold Rush
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
1925-07-13 | en
8.3
Modern Times
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
1936-02-05 | en