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Chains (1912)

Chains poster
Directed by
Archer MacMackin
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young wife visits her fiance in prison where he is serving a sentence. Later she meets another man and realizes he is her true love. But she is already married and feels trapped by that bond.

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What happens

Chains è un cortometraggio muto del 1912 diretto da Archer MacMackin. Una giovane sposa in carcere il fidanzato che sta scontando una condanna. In seguito, la donna incontra un altro uomo che lei capisce essere il suo vero amore. Ma il matrimonio ormai la lega per sempre al galeotto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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