Borderline

Borderline

75 mins | Drama | Oct. 13, 1930

Starring Paul Robeson (one of the first black movie actor/singers to achieve mainstream popularity) in a rare silent role, this experimental drama was thought lost until the 1990s when it was rediscovered by the British Film Institute. The Switzerland-set melodrama takes place in a resort and chronicles the reaction of patrons when an interracial couple shows up for a stay. Some critics claim that careful, sensitive viewers may be able to pick out gay subtext running throughout the story.

Borderline

75 mins | Drama | Oct. 13, 1930

Borderline
Starring Paul Robeson (one of the first black movie actor/singers to achieve mainstream popularity) in a rare silent role, this experimental drama was thought lost until the 1990s when it was rediscovered by the British Film Institute. The Switzerland-set melodrama takes place in a resort and chronicles the reaction of patrons when an interracial couple shows up for a stay. Some critics claim that careful, sensitive viewers may be able to pick out gay subtext running throughout the story.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Pool Films
Original title Borderline
Directors Kenneth Macpherson
Writers Kenneth Macpherson

Cast

Paul Robeson

as Pete Varond

Eslanda Robeson

as Adah - a Negro Woman

Hilda Doolittle

as Astrid

Gavin Arthur

as Thorne - Her Husband

Charlotte Arthur

as The Barmaid

Blanche Lewin

as The Old Lady