Directed
by: Victor Sjöström
Starring: Lillian
Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall
IMBD Synopsis: "In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne is
punished for playing on the Sabbath day; but kindly minister Arthur Dimmesdale
takes pity on her. The two fall in love, but their relationship cannot be:
Hester is already married to Roger Prynne, a physician who has been missing
seven years. Dimmesdale has to go away to England; when he returns, he finds
Hester pregnant with their child, and the focus of the town's censure. In a
humiliating public ceremony, she is forced to don the scarlet letter A - for
adultery - and wear it the rest of her life. Dimmesdale is encouraged by the
church fathers to demand of Hester the person with whom she sinned."
Genre: Silent, Drama, Romance
My
Rating: 9/10
My
Comment: As this was my first silent movie, I must admit, that I was
a little hesitant to watch. But I was wrong. The movie captured my attention
from the very beginning. I loved the classical music that was playing during
the film and it set the tone perfectly. My favourite scene from the movie was
when Arthur finally confessed to his sin. He had made himself so ill with guilt
that he burned the letter ''A'' across his chest. This whole scene made me bawl
my eyes out when he died peacefully in Hester's arms. Beautiful, Incredible
movie. Although it is silent, it is not for people who don't like reading or
reading too slow, cliché romance stories and tragic endings.
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