

“A simple story for plain people.”
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.

Lillian Gish
Anna Moore
Lead
Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett

Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson

Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett

Kate Bruce
Mother Bartlett
Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother
Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. D.W. Griffith's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Way Down East is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”