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The Winding Stair (1925)

The Winding Stair poster
Directed by
John Griffith Wray
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his ancestral home in England and finds a family entangled in secrets and a woman trapped in a troubled marriage. He tries to uncover the truth while navigating old loyalties and new feelings.

melancholicbittersweettenseslow-burnvisually lushatmosphericnostalgicmysterious

What happens

The Winding Stair is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Alma Rubens, Edmund Lowe, and Warner Oland. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same name by the British writer A.E.W. Mason. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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