The Root of Evil (1912)
- Directed by
- D. W. Griffith
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 17 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man gives in to greed and it leads to trouble. The story follows the fallout from his bad choices.
melodramaticstarkmoralisticsomberquietstylizedpoignant
What happens
The Root of Evil is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring William J. Butler and Dorothy Bernard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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