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The Island of Despair (1926)

The Island of Despair poster
Directed by
Henry Edwards
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles to survive on a remote island after a shipwreck. The film follows her fight against isolation and despair.

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What happens

Margot Neville The Island of Despair is a 1926 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Matheson Lang, Marjorie Hume and Gordon Hopkirk. It was based on a novel by Margot Neville. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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