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The Mother and the Law (1919)

The Mother and the Law poster
Directed by
Joseph Henabery, D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother fights to protect her son after he is wrongly accused of a crime and caught up in a harsh legal system. The story follows their struggle against injustice and separation.

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What happens

The Mother and the Law é um filme mudo norte-americano de 1919 em longa-metragem, do gênero drama, dirigido, escrito e produzido por D. W. Griffith. O filme foi estrelado por Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Vera Lewis, Sam De Grasse e Clyde E. Hopkins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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