Silent Film: The Magic of Cinematography in Letters and Pictures

This book brings together 10 films that changed not only cinema but the world. Their creators are uncompromising dreamers and daredevils who worked without regard to instructions and rules. They drew inspiration from life and other forms of art, reworking and inventing new ways of expression for them. The era of silent film was brief, but even then, all the familiar genres emerged: gripping thrillers, horrors, romantic comedies, grand historical dramas, and even science fiction films. And they are just as breathtaking as modern blockbusters. They continue to awe, inspire, and captivate audiences with the art of cinema even today.
Kirill Goryachok is a film historian, candidate of philosophical sciences, laureate of the Guild of Film Scholars and Critics award (2020), and a PhD student at Cambridge, the author of books on early Soviet cinema, and the host of the film archives channel 'Bolshoy Pudovkin'.
Anya Zhurko is an illustrator, artist, teacher, and art editor, co-founder of the design bureau 'Shchuka', and winner of the illustration festival 'Mors' in 2022 and 2024.