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Magda (1917)

Magda poster
Directed by
Émile Chautard
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman returns to her childhood home after years away. She confronts her father about past conflicts and tries to reconcile with her family.

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What happens

Magda is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Clara Kimball Young, Alice Gale, and Valda Valkyrien. It is based on the play Heimat by Hermann Sudermann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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