Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel from a spell, and also meets the savage Caliban.

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy Trailer (1908)

28 September 1908

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

The Fairies and the Faun Trailer (1908)

13 September 1908

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 fireworks, flames and fountains as well as the customary fairies, magic and dancing.

The Assassination of the Duke de Guise Trailer (1908)

17 November 1908

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

Female Conscripts Trailer (1908)

23 May 1908

A man in civil clothes, and three men in army uniforms are inspecting seven women to be recruited.

Von Stufe zu Stufe Trailer (1908)

01 December 1908

Elastic Transformation Trailer (1908)

21 November 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.

L'abbandonata Trailer (1908)

27 May 1908

Silent film directed by Mario Caserini for the Società Italiana Cines in 1908. It should not be confused, as is often the case, with the film "Abbandonata" from June 1910, whose director is unknown and was produced by Itala Films (a company Mario Caserini never worked for).

Fantasmagorie Trailer (1908)

17 August 1908

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation.

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