A silent masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 1999)

I would be hardpressed to exclude this film from a list of the ten greatest films of all time. Every remaining frame of this once heavily censored film is perfect, and there are many shocking scenes of torture which are hard to watch even today. This should be required viewing for anyone interested in film history, and it's further proof of the superiority of European silent cinema over it's American counterpart.