The Light That Failed (1939)
- Directed by
- William A. Wellman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An artist faces losing his sight and struggles to finish his final painting before he goes completely blind. The story follows his relationships and work as his condition worsens.
melancholicslow-burnintimatebittersweetvisually starkquietly intenseearnest
What happens
The Light That Failed is a 1939 American period drama film based on Rudyard Kipling's 1891 novel of the same name. It stars Ronald Colman as an artist who is going blind. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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