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So Near, Yet so Far (1912)

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Original title
So Near, Yet So Far
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
17 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman face obstacles that keep them apart. The story deals with distance and longing in early 20th century America.

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What happens

So Near, yet So Far is a 1912 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by the Biograph Company. Prints of the film survive in the Museum of Modern Art and Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film archives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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