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Helen of Four Gates (1920)

Helen of Four Gates poster
Directed by
Cecil Hepworth
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman plays both a mother and her daughter in a story set in rural England. The plot involves family secrets and a difficult romance.

melodramaticsomberintenseslow-burnbleakvisually starkold-fashioned

What happens

Helen of Four Gates is a 1920 British silent melodrama film directed by cinema pioneer Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor (in a dual role as mother and daughter), James Carew, and Gerald Ames. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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