Broken Blossoms (1919)

Country: US
Technical: bw 105m (16fps)
Director: D. W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp, Richard Barthelmess

Synopsis:

A brutalised teenage girl in Limehouse, London meets a gentle Chinese immigrant, but their timorous love is a dangerous thing.

Review:

Superbly realized Victorian melodrama with misery all around. The truth of the performances and the finely wrought settings win through.