In 1870, the Emperor of Japan travels to Washington for a meeting with
the President of the United States. The train taking the Emperor
is attacked by outlaws who steal a golden ceremonial sword which was
intended as a gift for the President. This incident must be
resolved at any price...
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.
Franz Kafka's letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer not only reveal a soul in torment; they also give us a harrowing self-portrait of a man appalled by his own existence.