Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire

Last of the American Hoboes

January 1969 •English

Previously lost semi-documentary on the rise and fall of American hobo culture.

The Victory of Faith

December 1933 •German

Follows the Fifth Nazi Party Rally (Nuremberg, 30 August–3 September 1933) and shows the then close relationship between Adolf Hitler and Ernest Rõhm.

The Rare Blue Apes of Cannibal Isle

January 1972 •English

A musical adventure about a young runaway who uncovers an island full of 'fantastic' characters.

Anniversary of the Revolution

November 1918 •Russian

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and the final triumph.

The History of the Civil War

June 1921 •Russian

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.

The Captive

April 1915 •English

Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia, a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos and the family farm when older brother Marko goes off to battle. Unable to handle the day-to-day tasks following her brother’s tragic death, help comes in the form of Mahmud Hassan, a captured Turk nobleman, now a prisoner of war. Tasked with helping Sonia, their initial frosty relationship soon melts into love. As the war rages on Sonia, Mahmud and Milos will face near-insurmountable obstacles in their quest for a better life amidst the hell of war.

Private Property

January 1960 •English

A hoodlum plots to seduce a lonely housewife and turn her over to his virginal friend.

Beware the Black Widow

April 1968 •English

Previously lost proto-slasher involving Mafia members bumped off by a black-clad, veiled "Black Widow" within the New York City underworld, as seen by newspapermen sifting through a cast of prostitutes and thugs.

Deep Inside

December 1967 •English

Previously lost sexploitation melodrama following Millicent Redmond, a woman who hosts annual raucous and sexually licentious reunion parties for her former sorority sisters and their lovers at her cushy beach house.

What's Love

May 1987 •English

Previously lost reconceptualization of Bill Cable's unfinished early 70s epic titled "What is Love," which deals with themes of romantic obsession and Christian blasphemy.

The Suicide

June 1978 •English

A young boy, abandoned by his father and supported by a blindly optimistic mother, struggles to fit in at his new school.

Alexander the Grape

November 1965 •English

ALEXANDER THE GRAPE, an unfinished cut-paper animated short from Jim Henson from 1965, relates the fable of a young grape with big ambitions who learns that it is better to accept yourself than to try to be something you are not. The short was reconstructed from film and audio elements; images from Jim’s storyboard fill in missing segments of the animation.

Miss Leslie's Dolls

March 1973 •English

A young college professor and three of her students seek shelter during a storm in the rural farmhouse of a strange woman who collects lifelike mannequins.

Buffalo Rider

November 1976 •English

Jake Jones rescues a young bison in the 1800s, and becomes known as the folk hero Buffalo Jones as he rides Samson through many exploits.

The Intruder

January 1975 •English

The lust for gold and the reading of a will brings eleven visitors to a remote island retreat, but an unseen, seemingly unstoppable evil follows to stalk them one by one. The bodies don't stop dropping until the final shattering conclusion. Who - or what - is the intruder? One thing is for certain: it will not stop until it kills them all.

The Daughter of Dawn

October 1920 •English

The Daughter of Dawn is a silent Western, and one of the few films of the silent era to have an entirely Native American cast. It tells the story of a Kiowa woman and her lover, his feats of bravery, and their trials at the hands of a jealous rival and Comanche warriors. Completed in 1920, it was only shown a few times before being considered lost. Five reels of the movie were found in 2005, and restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2012.

Violated!

January 1973 •English

Previously lost rape and revenge mystery about a swastika-carving masked marauder that brutalizes women in Los Angeles.

New York Ninja

October 2021 •English

After his wife is murdered, a man becomes a ninja to take revenge on her killers across the streets of New York, in this film that was originally abandoned in 1984 until it was discovered and completed by Vinegar Syndrome.

The Sex Serum of Dr. Blake

September 1970 •English

Previously lost exploitation film about a youth serum and the crooks who try to steal it.

Las golondrinas

January 1968 •Spanish