The Renunciation (1909)
- Directed by
- D. W. Griffith
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 4.4 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A woman makes a sacrifice for the man she loves. The film is a silent drama from the early 1900s.
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What happens
The Renunciation is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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