The Closed Road (1916)

- Directed by
- Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
A silent drama from 1916, this film follows the intertwined fates of a few people in a small community. It focuses on personal conflicts and quiet emotional struggles.
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What happens
The Closed Road is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, Barbara Tennant and Lionel Adams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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