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Motherland (1927)

Motherland poster
Directed by
G. B. Samuelson
Genre
silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British silent war film set during the First World War. It follows characters affected by the conflict. The film tries to capture the emotional weight of the time.

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What happens

Motherland is a 1927 British silent war film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Rex Davis, Eva Moore and James Knight. The film was made at Isleworth Studios. It is set during the First World War. It aimed to copy the success of the series of war films released by British Instructional Films, but critical reaction was negative. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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