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Children of the Night

1916 · 59 min

A quiet, earnest silent-era drama of injustice and endurance, watching a wronged woman carry her sorrow across an ocean.

Overview
Violet, employed as a maid of Count Berkow, is wrongly accused of burglary of the Count. After an unjust prison sentence Violet travels to America.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • betrayal
  • class
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Georg af Klercker
Written by
Georg af Klercker
Starring
Victor Arfvidson, Carl Barcklind, Maja Cassel, Ludde Gentzel, Mary Johnson, Ivar Kalling, Tekla Sjöblom, Frans Oskar Öberg
Runtime
59 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
No Language

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