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A Tale of Two Cities (1922)

A Tale of Two Cities poster
Directed by
Walter Courtney Rowden
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film is based on Charles Dickens's novel about the French Revolution. A man sacrifices himself for love during a time of social upheaval and revolution in London and Paris.

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What happens

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starring Clive Brook, Ann Trevor and J. Fisher White. The film is an adaptation of the 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and its plot concerns events taking place during the French Revolution. It was made as part of the "Tense Moments with Great Authors Series" of films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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