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The Weakness of Man (1916)

The Weakness of Man poster
Directed by
Barry O'Neil
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man finds himself in a difficult moral situation based on a Tolstoy play. He must navigate love and duty in a story that questions social and legal conventions.

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What happens

The Weakness of Man is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Barry O'Neil. It stars Holbrook Blinn and is based on the 1911 play The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy. It was produced by William A. Brady and distributed by World Film Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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