Pillars of Society (1916)
- Directed by
- Raoul Walsh
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This silent film follows a wealthy shipbuilder in a small coastal town who hides a corrupt past to maintain his social standing. His secrets threaten to unravel when a family friend returns from America exposing old lies.
dramaticmoralseriousslow-pacedsomberperiodstagedintrospective
What happens
Le colonne della società (Pillars of Society ) è un film muto del 1916 diretto da Raoul Walsh. Il lavoro teatrale di Henrik Ibsen (da cui è tratta la sceneggiatura del film) era già stato portato sullo schermo nel 1911 dalla casa di produzione Thanhouser con la pellicola The Pillars of Society del 1911. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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