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Broken Fetters (1916)

Broken Fetters poster
Directed by
Rex Ingram
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman must navigate a difficult situation in her life. The story follows her struggles in a silent drama from the early days of American cinema.

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What happens

Broken Fetters is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram. Violet Mersereau played the lead role. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where Universal Studios and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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