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The Avenger

1915 · 49 min

A quiet, sorrowful silent-era melodrama that lingers on heartbreak and injustice, asking patience and rewarding it with solemn feeling.

Directed by
Mauritz Stiller
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wilhelm Hansson, Edith Erastoff, Edmond Hansen
Overview
Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death

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Directed by
Mauritz Stiller
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wilhelm Hansson, Edith Erastoff, Edmond Hansen
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • betrayal
  • family
  • identity
  • revenge
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour0
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mauritz Stiller
Written by
Louis Levy, Martin Jørgensen
Starring
Wilhelm Hansson, Edith Erastoff, Edmond Hansen, John Ekman, Richard Lund, William Larsson, Karin Molander, Gustaf Callmén
Cinematography
Hugo Edlund
Runtime
49 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
No Language

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