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Hard Times (1915)

Hard Times poster
Directed by
Thomas Bentley
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a northern English mill town, a man raises his children with harsh practicality. The story follows their struggles with poverty and rigid social rules.

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What happens

Hard Times is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Bransby Williams, Leon M. Lion and Dorothy Bellew. It is based on the 1854 novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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