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The year 1920 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top five films released in 1920 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events March 28 – "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford and "Everybody's Hero" Douglas Fairbanks marry, becoming the first supercouple of Hollywood. August – Jack Cohn, Joe Brandt and Harry Cohn form C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation which would later become Columbia Pictures. August 15 – Robert J. Flaherty arrives in northern Canada to begin filming Nanook of the North (1922). November 27 – The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, opens. Notable films released in 1920 Austria For a complete list see: List of Austrian films of the 1920s Anita (aka Trance), directed by Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck; an obscure adaptation of George Du Maurier's novel Trilby Boccaccio, directed by Michael Curtiz. The Prince and the Pauper directed by Alexander Korda. The Scourge of God directed by Michael Curtiz. The Star of Damascus directed by Michael Curtiz. France For a complete list see: French films of 1920 Barrabas, a 12-chapter serial/ crime drama directed by Louis Feuillade The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil, directed by Pierre Caron Les Morts qui parlent/ The Dead Who Speak, directed by Pierre Marodon Narayana (translates as Vishnu), directed by Leon Poirier, starring Laurence Myrga and Edmon Van Daele; based on the 1831 novel "Le Peau de Chagrin" by Honore de Balzac, with some story elements lifted from Wilkie Collins' novel The Moonstone The Silence, ghost film directed by Louis Delluc, starring Gabriel Signoret and Eve Francis (Delluc's wife) Germany For a complete list see: List of German films of 1920 Algol: Tragedy of Power, science fiction film directed by Hans Werckmeister, starring Emil Jannings Anna Boleyn directed by Ernst Lubitsch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari directed by Robert Wiene; starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover Cagliostro, directed by Reinhold Schuenzel, starred Schuenzel and Conrad Veidt (a lost film) The Devil Worshippers/ Die Teufelsanbeter, A 6-part serial directed by Marie Louise Droop, starring Carl de Vogt and Bela Lugosi, based on the novel by Carl May Evening – Night – Morning (Abend – Nacht – Morgen) directed by F. W. Murnau Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire, directed by Robert Wiene, starring Fern Andra; only a 43-minute condensation of the much longer original film exists The Golem: How He Came into the World (Der Golem, Wie Er in die Welt Kam), directed by and starring Paul Wegener based on the old Jewish folktale, photographed by Karl Freund The Head of Janus (Der Januskopf), directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Conrad Veidt and Bela Lugosi, photographed by Karl Freund; based (without authorization) on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Hound of the Baskervilles, directed by Willy Zehn, released in two parts (Dr. MacDonald's Sanitorium and The House Without Windows); Willy Keyser-Heyl played Sherlock Holmes The House Without Windows, directed by Friedrich Feher, not to be confused with the above Hound of the Baskervilles The Hunchback and the Dancer (Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin), directed by F. W. Murnau , photographed by Karl Freund Kohlhiesels Töchter (Kohlhiesel's Daughter) directed by Ernst Lubitsch Kurfurstendamm, a horror-comedy written and directed by Richard Oswald, starring Conrad Veidt as The Devil, photographed by Carl Hoffmann The Last of the Mohicans (Der Letzte der Mohikaner), starring Bela Lugosi Nachtgestalten (aka Eleagable Kuperus), directed by Richard Oswald, starring Conrad Veidt and Paul Wegener, photographed by Carl Hoffmann, based on the Karl Hans Strobl short story Eleagable Kuperus Satan (Satanas) directed by F. W. Murnau, starred Conrad Veidt, filmed in 1919 Sumurun (One Arabian Night) directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Paul Wegener and Pola Negri Die Todeskarawane, starring Dora Gerson and Bela Lugosi Torgus, the Coffin Maker, directed by Hans Kobe Hungary Lord Arthur Saville's Crime (aka The Mark of the Phantom), written and directed by Paul Fejos, starring Margit Lux, based on the 1891 story by Oscar Wilde Ireland Willy Reilly and his Colleen Bawn, directed by John MacDonagh, featuring Brian Magowan and Frances Alexander, based on the 1855 novel Willy Reilly and his dear Colleen Bawn by William Carleton Italy The Last of the Borgias, directed by Armando Carbone Monella Street, directed by Umberto Fracchia and starring Carmen Boni The Power of the Borgias, directed by Luigi Caramba for Medusa Film, starring Irene Saffo-Nomo and Enrico Piacentini Spiritism (aka Spiritismo), starring Francesca Bettina Japan Akakabe Myojin/ The Red Wall God, a ghost-cat film directed by Jiro Yoshino for Kokkatsu Films, starring Shirogoro Sawamura Arima no neko/ The Cat in Arima, a ghost-cat film directed by Shozo Makino for Nikkatsu Films, starring Matsumosuke Onoe and Sentaro Nakamura Philippines For a complete list see: List of Philippine films before 1940 La Mariposa Negra directed by Jose Nepomuceno Sweden For a complete list see: Swedish films before 1930 Erotikon directed by Mauritz Stiller Herr och fru Stockholm (How Not to Dress), starring Greta Garbo Karin Daughter of Ingmar (Karin Ingmarsdotter) directed by & starring Victor Sjöström The Monastery of Sendomir (Klostret i Sendomir) directed by Victor Sjöström The Parson's Widow (Prästänkan) directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer United Kingdom For a complete list see: British films of 1920 At the Villa Rose, directed by Maurice Elvey, based on the 1910 novel by A.E.W. Mason The Barton Mystery, directed by Harry (Henry) Roberts, starred Lyn Harding; based on the 1917 stage play by Walter Hackett Bleak House directed by Maurice Elvey Build Thy House directed by Fred Goodwins, starring Henry Ainley Colonel Newcome directed by Fred Goodwins' starring Milton Rosmer, Joyce Carey Desire (aka The Magic Skin) directed by George Edwardes-Hall, starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, based on the 1831 novel Le Peau de Chagrin by Honore de Balzac Ernest Maltravers directed by Jack Denton; starring Lillian Hall-Davis The Ever Open Door directed by Fred Goodwins; starring Hayford Hobbs The Face at the Window, directed by Wilfred Noy, starring C. Aubrey Smith and Gladys Jennings, based on the stage play by F. Brooke Warren The Fordington Twins directed by W.P. 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