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Pagan Love (1920)

Pagan Love poster
Directed by
Hugo Ballin
Genre
silent film, romantic drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American man falls in love with a woman from a different culture. Their relationship faces challenges from social expectations and personal loyalties.

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What happens

Pagan Love is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film produced and directed by Hugo Ballin and starring his wife Mabel Ballin, Togo Yamamoto, and Rockliffe Fellowes. Its alternate title is The Honourable Gentleman, which is also the title of the short story by Achmed Abdullah that it is based on. The W. W. Hodkinson Corporation and Pathé Exchange handled the distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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