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The Empress (1917)

The Empress poster
Directed by
Alice Guy-Blaché
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 06m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman navigates personal and political struggles as an empress. She faces challenges from those around her while trying to hold onto her power and relationships.

dramaticemotionalhistoricalstatelysomberclassicalintimatepoignant

What happens

The Empress is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Alice Guy and starring Doris Kenyon, Holbrook Blinn and William A. Morse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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