Short film
The Eavesdropper
1909 · 8 min
A brief, earnest silent melodrama whose simple moral turn lands gently, like a fable told in a few quiet gestures.
- Directed by
- D.W. Griffith
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Charles Inslee, David Miles, Marion Leonard
- Overview
- Hidalgo offers his daughter's hand in marriage when he can't repay a loan to Manuella. But when Manuella overhears the daughter bidding farewell to her lover, he is so moved by their devotion that he cancels the debt.
- How it feels
- Romantic, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, deception, betrayal, redemption
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- D.W. Griffith
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Charles Inslee, David Miles, Marion Leonard




