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The Deserter (1912)

The Deserter poster
Directed by
Thomas H. Ince
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent Western about a soldier who leaves his post. It follows the consequences of his actions.

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What happens

The Deserter is a 1912 American silent black-and-white two-reel Western film written and directed by Thomas H. Ince. It was released March 15, 1912 and starred Francis Ford and Ethel Grandin. The film was screened in December 2006 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as part of a retrospective on Thomas H. Ince. The film is available at the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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