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Redemption

1917 · 60 min

A quiet, old-fashioned melodrama of scandal and wounded pride, playing out with restrained intensity and a slow, tragic pull.

Overview
An actress with a wild reputation finally settles down to a sedate and pleasant marriage. One of her former lovers, an architect, arrives to disrupt her happiness by renewing their affair. She humiliates this suitor in public with her rejection, and he seeks revenge, revenge that catapults her into tragedy.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • betrayal
    • revenge
    • identity
    • love
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Joseph A. Golden, Julius Steger
    Written by
    John Stanton
    Starring
    Evelyn Nesbit, Russell Thaw, Charles Wellesley, Mary Hall, William Clark, Joyce Fair, Edward Lynch, George Clarke
    Runtime
    60 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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