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Lena and the Geese (1912)

1912 · Silent film · 1 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

A Story of Old Holland

  • Drama

Synopsis

A first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who is the widowed mother of a child about the same age. The two children grow up as sisters. Later, upon her deathbed, the noble lady repents and sends for her child to reinstate her. Gretchen takes this opportunity to make a great lady of her own daughter Lena, the goose girl, by sending her to court instead of the real heiress. Hence Lena is taken before the noble lady, happy in the belief that…

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Details

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Mary Pickford
Cinematography
Billy Bitzer
Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Released
1912-06-17
Running time
1 minutes

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