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The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)

The Return of Peter Grimm poster
Directed by
Victor Schertzinger
Genre
fantasy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns from the dead to oversee the people he left behind. The film is based on a play and follows his attempts to help from beyond the grave.

old-fashionedpoignantgentlequietwhimsicalcontemplativesentimental

What happens

The Return of Peter Grimm is a 1926 American silent fantasy film directed by Victor Schertzinger based on the 1911 play of the same name by David Belasco. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. A previous short film of this play appeared in 1913. A sound feature was made in 1935, also titled The Return of Peter Grimm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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