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The Blood of the Ancestors (1920)

The Blood of the Ancestors poster
Original title
Das Blut der Ahnen
Directed by
Karl Gerhardt
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German silent drama from 1920 about family legacy and ancestral ties. The story follows characters dealing with the weight of their heritage.

melodramaticstagedsomberold-fashionedstiffseriousdramatic

What happens

The Blood of the Ancestors (German: Das Blut der Ahnen) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Karl Gerhardt and starring Robert Scholz, Harald Paulsen, and Lil Dagover. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of Decla-Bioscop in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Hermann Warm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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