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Without Benefit of Clergy (1921)

Without Benefit of Clergy poster
Directed by
James Young
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British man in colonial India falls in love with a local woman and they try to build a life together. Their relationship faces challenges from cultural differences and family expectations.

melancholicromantictragicslow-pacedquietpoignantdated

What happens

Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Virginia Brown Faire, Thomas Holding and Boris Karloff. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. A print of the film still exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archives and at Archives Du Film Du CNC (Bois D'Arcy/Paris). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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