Way Down East

Way Down East

1920 · 150 min · EN · NR · 6.9 (86 votes)
Dir. D.W. Griffith · Starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Kate Bruce, Mrs. David Landau · Music William Frederick Peters

A simple story for plain people.

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A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

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A poignant, old-fashioned melodrama. It's a tearjerker about a naive woman's struggle against societal judgment and betrayal, offering moments of both deep sorrow and eventual, hard-won hope. A true silent film classic.

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