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Lily of the Dust (1924)

Lily of the Dust poster
Directed by
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman's life is shaped by love and betrayal. The story follows her relationships and the hardships that come with them.

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What happens

Lily of the Dust is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, starring Pola Negri, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This movie was based on the 1908 novel The Song of Songs (German: Das hohe Lied) by Hermann Sudermann and the 1914 Broadway play The Song of Songs by Edward Sheldon. This film is a remake of the American silent film The Song of Songs (1918). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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