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The Necklace (1909)

The Necklace poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman borrows a diamond necklace for a party and loses it. She and her husband spend years in poverty to replace it.

dramatictenseold-fashionedbittersweetstraightforwardpoignant

What happens

The Necklace è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da David W. Griffith. Prodotto e distribuito dalla Biograph Company, il film uscì nelle sale il primo luglio 1909. Il soggetto è tratto da La collana, celebre racconto di Guy de Maupassant apparso sul quotidiano Le Gaulois nel 1884, ed è la prima di numerose versioni cinematografiche. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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