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The Scarlet Letter

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Original title

The Scarlet Letter

Year

1926

Running time

98 min.

Country

United States

Director

Victor Sjöström

Screenwriter

Frances Marion. Novel: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Cast

Cinematography

Hendrik Sartov (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama | 18th Century. Silent Film

Movie Groups

Nathaniel Hawthorne Adaptations

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.

Rankings Position

#107 Best Silent Movies of all time

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The Scarlet Letter

1926

Victor Sjöström

7.2

(148)