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69% Critic Match
Way Down East
“A simple story for plain people.”
6.9 / 10• 1920• 2h 30m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Lillian Gish
Anna Moore
Lead
Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce
Mother Bartlett
MD
Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother
JB
Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont
MM
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. D.W. Griffith's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Way Down East is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
