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Madame X
“FOR SHEER PATHOS, FOR BLUNT POWER, FOR GENUINE FASCINATION, THIS WONDERFUL STORY OF A MOTHER'S LOVE HAS NEVER HAD AN EQUAL ON STAGE OR SCREEN”
8.0 / 10• 1920• 1h 10m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
Jacqueline Floriot is driven from her home by her husband Louis, a deputy attorney of Paris, because of his unjust suspicions regarding her relations with another man. Floriot forbids Jacqueline to see her baby boy, who is dangerously ill, and when informed that the boy believes her dead, she attempts suicide.
Cast & Crew
Pauline Frederick
Jacqueline Floriot
Lead
Casson Ferguson
Raymond Floriot
Hardee Kirkland
Dr. Chesnel
William Courtleigh
Louis Floriot
ML
Maude Louis
Rose Dubois
CK
Correan Kirkham
Helene Valmorin
Lionel Belmore
M. Robert Parissard
JH
John Hohenvest
M. Valmorin
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Lloyd's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Madame X is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
