Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

"A tale of forbidden love."

6.9

1919-05-13

Director:D.W. Griffith

Status:Released

Duration:89 min

Original Language:EN

Actors

Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Peil Sr., George Beranger, Norman Selby

Drama Romance

Synopsis

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

Trailer

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User Reviews

CinemaSerf

Created on: 6/6/2022

Richard Barthelmess and an almost porcelain-looking Lilian Gish are both great in this intimate, beautifully photographed, tale of a true love. Gish is a young girl from London's East end who is persistently brutalised by her violent pugilist father. Barthelmess is a man newly arrived from China bent on encouraging... Read more

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