
When a man's wife dies in childbirth, he denies God and vows that his daughter won't marry and suffer the same fate. When she grows and falls in love, he suffers in dealing with it all.


Short answer: yes, but only if you have the patience for the high-stakes emotional gravity of 1920s silent cinema. This film is for those who appreciate character-driven tragedies ...
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Renaud Hoffman

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Wilbur Hall, Alfred A. Cohn
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