Milestones (1916)

Directed by

Thomas Bentley

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent drama follows three generations of a British family over several decades. It shows how their lives and relationships change with the passing of time.

slow-burnmelancholicnostalgicreflectiveintimatebittersweetperiod

What happens

Milestones is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Isobel Elsom, Owen Nares and Minna Grey. It is an adaptation of the 1912 West End play Milestones by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock. Four years later an American film of the same title was released. As of August 2010, the film is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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