The Oath and the Man

Silent film · 11 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• History
• Drama
• Romance

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Synopsis

A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the perfumer is a leader of the peasants. His priest made him swear an oath to leave vengeance to God, however.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1910-09-21

Running time

11 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Henry B. Walthall
• Florence Barker
• W. Chrystie Miller
• Francis J. Grandon
• Jack Pickford
• Marion Leonard
• Arthur V. Johnson
• Jeanie Macpherson

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