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Drifting

1923 · 71 min

A moody silent melodrama of opium dens and divided loyalties, with a slow romantic pull and a tense, fiery climax.

Directed by
Tod Browning
Genres
Drama
Overview
An American girl who helps operate a Shanghai opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.

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Directed by
Tod Browning
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • love
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Tod Browning
Written by
A.P. Younger, Tod Browning
Starring
Priscilla Dean, Matt Moore, Rose Dione, Wallace Beery, J. Farrell MacDonald, Edna Tichenor, Anna May Wong, William V. Mong
Cinematography
William Fildew
Runtime
71 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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