The best movies 1912

A manuscript delivered to a playhouse is eventually turned into a major hit with critics and audience alike. The only problem is that no one knows...

The struggles of Marcella, a modest model harassed by the owner of the fashion house where she works.

In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and...

A fantasy film about the knight Parsifal, who has to protect the Holy Grail from wizards.

A female magician presents several impressive metamorphoses, combining stop-motion animation and camera tricks.

With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of...

A Polish film by Abraham Izaak Kaminski.

Early film adaptation of the New Testament story of Salome and John the Baptist

Anna, the daughter of an elderly farmer, and the farmhand Hans are in love and dream of a future together. However, Anna’s younger brother...

End of the 19th century. In a mansion, Miss Julie lives with her father. She has just broken her engagement but is attracted to a valet, Jean. They...

When a wayward nun, Megildis, deserts her convent with a knight, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her...

Young Ruth goes against her father's will and leaves to live with engineer Edvin Holm. Their life together will prove difficult.

On his way to visit his mistress, a man has a serious car accident. His wife cares for him with such devotion that he rediscovers his love for her.

Robin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in...

Onésime needs to take care of an infant and does everything he can to avoid that responsibility.

The story of a free-spirited Bohemian. Capellani would remake the film in the U.S. in 1916 with a longer runtime.

The devil performs his magical powers.

A woman imagines the revenge of a gypsy that she sent away. This piece is told in multiple scenes, in an increasingly artificial world, as the venue...

The artistic cyclist Gaumont, his girlfriend Baptista, and their partner Rosa arrive in town with their travelling circus. Rosa is secretly in love...

Short melodrama about a young woman who is executed because she shot at an army patrol. Her fiance turns out to be the leader of this army unit, but...

Fascinating views of Toledo: Bridges, elaborately decorated halls and other architectural highlights that appear to date from as early as the 8th...

Pyrenees mountain range, 17th century. Before dying, Diego de Robles, leader of a ruthless gang of highwaymen, has his daughter Carmen, a beautiful...

A trip to Mallorca.

A trip to Kabilye.

A portrait of the cities of Lisbon and Oporto.

A house filled with spirits.

Film based on the assassination of the Spanish politician José Canalejas at Manuel Pardiñas's hands on 12 November of 1912. It has two...

Paco, a jealous and bitter man who is in love with Rosario, conspires in the shadows to bring about the downfall of Manuel, her husband.

A short documentary about life in the basque city of Irun.

Pascual Orozco's revolutionary struggle in northern Mexico.

First Puerto Rican non-documentary film.

Spanish short documentary film by Antonio de Padua Tramullas.

Spanish short documentary film by Antonio de Padua Tramullas.

French silent short from 1912