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The Digital Short "let me come in" incorporates footage from the only surviving reels of the 1928 German silent film "Pawns of Passion." The actors shown in this scene are Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe.
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Olga Tschechowa and Hans Stüwe in the 1928 silent film "Pawns of Passion," featured in the Digital Short "let me come in."
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David Lang wrote the words and music for "let me come in."
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Filmmaker Bill Morrison is the director and producer of the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Angel Blue is the soprano soloist for the Digital Short "let me come in."
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Filmmaker Bill Morrison examines nitrate film stock at the Library of Congress's National Audio Visual Conservation Center.
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Filmmaker Bill Morrison examines nitrate film stock at the Library of Congress's National Audio Visual Conservation Center.
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Nitrate film shipping boxes at the Library of Congress's National Audio Visual Conservation Center.
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Film marked for Bill Morrison's attention at the Library of Congress's National Audio Visual Conservation Center.
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Damaged nitrate film stock at the Library of Congress's National Audio Visual Conservation Center.
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