The best movies 1908

A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.

A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".

The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take...

María Rosa is a Spanish silent film directed by Juan María Codina.

This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of...

Two rag-pickers enter their hovel with their bags of scraps. After a little preliminary comedy they set up a white sheet. One of the rag-pickers now...

Signed by neurology professor Camillo Negro and cinematographer Roberto Omegna for the Società Anonima Ambrosio of Turin, Neuropathology is...

A small village in Aragón, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. After being caught by her father fooling around with Melchor, an...

A frog hops around a magic fountain.

Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is...

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart...

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

A young Roman soldier and his sweetheart are embracing each other fondly and making their vows. The next scene shows the public square, where it is...

Barcarola is a 1908 Brazilian film directed by Júlio Ferrez. It was the first "sound" film in Brazil, that is, with actors dubbing themselves...

De Chomon film from 1908. Existing film is incomplete in length.

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

A mythological scene with the most beautiful effect.

A Segundo de Chomón trick film.

George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the...

Short film about a magic ride

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her...

A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".

María Rosa is a Spanish silent film directed by Juan María Codina.

A small village in Aragón, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. After being caught by her father fooling around with Melchor, an...

Very early footage of the streets of Barcelona, filmed from a tram.

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

The silent Spanish version of the story of Don Juan Tenorio.

In this simple melodrama, a boy loses his beloved girl, hence dying of a broken heart. The film presents advanced techniques in several fields.

The director Mario Gallo made the first film with an argument from Argentina, although the opinions of scholars are not coincident as to their...