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Where It All Began

Episode number: 1

Overview: Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.

Art's Promised Land

Episode number: 2

Overview: Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.

The Unchained Camera

Episode number: 3

Overview: Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.

The Music of Light

Episode number: 4

Overview: Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

Opportunity Lost

Episode number: 5

Overview: Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

End of an Era

Episode number: 6

Overview: Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.