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Way Down East(Movie, 1920)

2h 25min | Genres: Drama, Action, Romance / Love
Way Down EastRating: 3.5/5 (with 3939 votes)
Way Down East is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is one of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play of the same name by Lottie Blair Parker. There were two earlier silent versions and one sound version in 1935 starring Henry Fonda. Griffith's version is particularly remembered for its climax in which Gish's character is rescued from doom on an icy river. ()
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About Way Down East

A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 09/03/1920
Director: D. W. Griffith
Producer: D. W. Griffith
Film Editor: James Smith
Director of Photography: Billy Bitzer, Hendrik Sartov
Composer: Louis Silvers
Costume designer: Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Weit im Osten"
"Las dos tormentas"
"동부 저 멀리"
"동쪽 저 멀리"
Revenue: 4,500,000 USD
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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