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Mr. Wu (1927)

Mr. Wu poster
Directed by
William Nigh
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese patriarch raises his daughter in a traditional household. When she is seduced by an Englishman, the father plots revenge. The film is a silent melodrama from 1927.

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What happens

Mr. Wu is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Lon Chaney, based on a 1913 stage play. Chaney portrays a Chinese patriarch who tries to exact revenge on the Englishman who seduced his daughter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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