Story Line
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
“"An artistic masterpiece and also a joy to watch."”
Top Cast
George O'Brien
The Man (Anses)
Janet Gaynor
The Wife (Indre)
Margaret Livingston
The Woman from the City
Bodil Rosing
The Maid
J. Farrell MacDonald
The Photographer
Ralph Sipperly
The Barber
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Rating
7.8/ 10
Release Date
1927-11-04
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
DramaRomance
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User Reviews (2)
Andres Gomez
7/10
•5/17/2014Interesting but much more for how the movies were done back in 1927 and how the relationships between men and women were understood.
CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/27/2022Wow! Friedrich Murnau really did pull out all of the stops for this gorgeously complex and beautiful story - that is entirely based on human character flaws that ordinarily might make one squirm... None of the characters actually have names, but Geor...