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Broken Blossoms

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Original title

Broken Blossoms

Year

1919

Running time

90 min.

Country

United States

Director

D.W. Griffith

Screenwriter

D.W. Griffith, Thomas Burke

Cast

Cinematography

G.W. Bitzer (B&W)

Producer

D.W. Griffith Productions. Producer: D.W. Griffith

Genre

Drama. Romance | Melodrama. Silent Film. Racism. Boxing

Synopsis

Cheng Huan is a missionary whose goal is to bring the teachings of peace by Buddha to the civilized Anglo-Saxons. Upon landing in England, he is quickly disillusioned by the intolerance and apathy of the country. He becomes a storekeeper of a small shop. Out his window, he sees the young Lucy Burrows. She is regularly beaten by her prizefighter father, underfed and wears ragged clothes. Even in this deplorable condition, Cheng can see that she is a priceless beauty and he falls in love with her from afar. On the day that she passes out in front of his store, he takes her in and cares for her. With nothing but love in his heart, he dresses her in silks and provides food for her. Still weak, she stays in his shop that night and all that Cheng does is watch over her. The peace and happiness that he sees last only until Battling Burrows finds out that his daughter is with a foreigner.

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Rankings Position

#58 Best Silent Movies of all time
#141 Best Romantic Movies in the history of film

Critics' reviews

"Definitely a silent drama fighting against the traditional limitations of the form (...) One of Lillian Gish's most moving performances"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"One of D.W. Griffith's most beautiful films."

Don Druker: Chicago Reader
"The love story at the center of Broken Blossoms is deliberately overstuffed but unmistakably colored with infinite shades of biting irony and social critique."

Ed Gonzalez: Slant
"Films like this, naive as they seem today, helped nudge a xenophobic nation toward racial tolerance."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times

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