Way Down East

“A simple story for plain people.”

7.0

1920

2h 30m

DramaRomance

A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

Key Crew

Director

D.W. Griffith

Producers

D.W. Griffith

Writers

Anthony Paul Kelly

D.W. Griffith

Cinematography

Hendrik Sartov

Music

William Frederick Peters

Cast (23)

Lillian Gish

Anna Moore

Richard Barthelmess

David Bartlett

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Way Down East

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Music

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