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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

1927 · 115 min · EN · 7.3 (26 votes)
Dir. Victor Sjöström · Starring Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane, William H. Tooker, Marcelle Corday
Drama

In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.

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A stark, visually arresting silent film that plunges into the suffocating grip of Puritanical judgment. Its somber mood and deliberate pacing amplify the weight of public shame and the quiet desperation of forbidden love.

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ministerclergymanpunishmentlovesingle mothersilent filmpublic humiliationreverendseamstressstigmaadulteressmissing husbandout of wedlock childlove child
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