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Adam Bede (1918)

Adam Bede poster
Directed by
Maurice Elvey
Genre
drama film, silent film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young carpenter in a rural village falls for a beautiful but vain woman. Her actions lead to a tragic crime that changes their lives.

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What happens

Adam Bede is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Bransby Williams, Ivy Close and Malvina Longfellow. It is an adaptation of the 1859 novel Adam Bede by George Eliot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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