The best films of 1917
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- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmAugust FalckEdith ErastoffTerje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.http://www.acinemahistory.com/2013/12/terje-vigen-1917.html
- DirectorJoe MayStarsMia MayBruno KastnerGeorg JohnHilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of an extremely gaunt and sepulchral Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live or to kill it and risk the embrace of Death himself.http://www.acinemahistory.com/2014/02/hilde-warren-und-der-tod-1917-hilde.html
- DirectorYevgeny BauerOlga RakhmanovaStarsVjacheslav SvobodaNikolai RadinEmma BauerThe astute Rascol Venkov convinces young cardsharp Roger Brémond to ally with him and together loot Parisian high society cheating in casinos.http://www.acinemahistory.com/2013/12/korol-parizha-1917.html
- DirectorAnton Giulio BragagliaStarsAugusto BandiniAlberto CasanovaThaïs GalitzkyA silent film about a women who seduces a married man which in turn leads to deadly consequences.http://www.acinemahistory.com/2013/12/thais-1917.html
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHarry CareyDuke R. LeeGeorge BerrellCattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.http://www.acinemahistory.com/2014/02/straight-shooting-1917.html
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsMary PickfordMadlaine TraverseCharles WellesleyThe wealthy but selfish parents of a lonely young girl begin to rethink what is important to them after a servant's irresponsibility results in a crisis.http://www.acinemahistory.com/2013/12/the-poor-little-rich-girl-1936.html