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Blood and Sand (1922)

Blood and Sand poster
Directed by
Dorothy Arzner, Fred Niblo
Genre
drama film, silent film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous bullfighter falls in love with a woman, leading to tension with his devoted wife and dangerous consequences in the ring.

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What happens

Blood and Sand is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Fred Niblo and starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, and Nita Naldi. It was based on the 1908 Spanish novel Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and the play Blood and Sand by Thomas Cushing which was adapted from Ibáñez's novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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