Movie
The Mill
1921 · 108 min
A slow, somber silent-era drama of rural desire and class ambition, heavy with moral weight and quiet dread.
- Directed by
- John W. Brunius
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anders de Wahl, Emmy Albiin, Bengt Lindström
- Overview
- The wife of a dull-witted miller is in her deathbed and the miller must find a new woman to marry. He is expected to marry the sister of a local forester, a refined woman he wants to love. She is gentle and motherly, though a rather austere Christian. But the miller lusts after his maidservant, Lise, a ruthless and calculating woman determined to climb up the social ladder. Lise tries to use her lower class sensuality and a bit of magic to entice the miller.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Obsession, class, betrayal, love
- Content
- Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- John W. Brunius
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anders de Wahl, Emmy Albiin, Bengt Lindström
