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Saints and Sorrows

1914 · 99 min

A somber, slow silent-era drama of rural hardship and betrayal, demanding patience but rewarding with earnest emotional weight.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Maria lives with her alcoholic father in a cabin the forest. One day she is seduced by the local land owner after he gives her a ring. Shortly afterwards he decides to leave the area and travel to Stockholm.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • grief
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
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
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Victor Sjöström
Written by
Peter Lykke-Seest
Starring
Egil Eide, Clara Pontoppidan, William Larsson, Richard Lund, Justus Hagman, Carlo Wieth, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Runtime
99 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
No Language

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