Called Back
Summary
In this 1914 celluloid adaptation of Hugh Conway’s Victorian sensation, Gilbert Vaughan, a gentleman afflicted by total blindness, finds himself ensnared in a labyrinth of spectral intuition and domestic tragedy. He wedded Pauline, the fragile and seemingly catatonic ward of the enigmatic Dr. Ceneri, unaware that her psyche is a fractured mirror reflecting a forgotten horror. During a profound clairvoyant episode, Vaughan’s sightless eyes 'witness' the brutal assassination of Pauline’s brother, Anthony—a crime occurring in a psychic realm beyond the physical veil. As his vision is miraculously restored, the protagonist must navigate a treacherous landscape of guilt, medical gaslighting, and the lingering shadows of an Italian conspiracy to exhume the truth buried within his wife’s shattered memory and his own transcendental perceptions.
Synopsis
The blind husband of an Italian doctor's mad ward 'sees' her brother murdered during a trance.
Director
Akerman May, Charles Rock, George Bellamy, Henry Ainley, Jane Gail, Judd Green, Vincent Clive
Comyns Carr, Hugh Conway
