The Wrath of the Gods
Summary
In the shadowed climes of 1914, a lone American deckhand finds himself adrift in a tide of myth and devotion when he encounters a fisherwoman whose life is shackled by a divine curse. The sailor, a man of iron will and quiet faith, courts her with the fervor of a pilgrim, convincing her that the merciless gods who have condemned her to endless labor can be vanquished by a higher, merciful power—Jesus Christ. Their romance blossoms amid the creak of wooden hulls and the roar of stormy seas, culminating in a climactic confrontation where the sailor’s belief and the fisherwoman’s newfound faith clash with the ancient deities, forging a path of redemption that reverberates through the silent frames of the film.
Synopsis
An American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more powerful than the gods who have cursed her.
Director
Sessue Hayakawa, Gladys Brockwell, Kisaburô Kurihara, Tsuru Aoki, Herschel Mayall, Frank Borzage, Henry Kotani
William H. Clifford, C. Gardner Sullivan, Thomas H. Ince
