Far to the east
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Far to the east |
| Original title | Way Down East |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | 145 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Wark Griffith |
| script | David Wark Griffith William A. Brady |
| production | David Wark Griffith |
| music | Louis Silvers |
| camera |
GW Bitzer Charles Downs Hendrik Sartov |
| cut |
James Smith Rose Smith |
| occupation | |
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Far to the East is an American drama film directed by David Wark Griffith from 1920 . The film is based on Lottie Blair Parker's play Annie Laurie , which was a national success in the late 19th century, and the play Way Down East by William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer .
action
Anna Moore, a young New England woman , falls in love with the wealthy Lennox Sanderson in Boston . He gets her to sleep with him with a fake wedding. When Anna becomes pregnant, Lennox admits that the wedding ceremony was a hoax and leaves her.
After the death of her mother and son, Anna, rejected by society because of their illegitimate child, finds work on Squire Bartlett's farm and falls in love with his son David. When Lennox shows up and Squire learns of Anna's past, he sends her away. In a snowstorm, Anna runs out onto a frozen river and threatens to drown in a waterfall. At the last minute she is saved by David. The film ends with the wedding of the two.
background
Far East premiered on September 3, 1920 at New York's 44th Street Theater . He grossed $ 4.5 million on a budget of $ 700,000 in the United States alone. Far to the east , it is Griffith's second most successful film and the fourth most successful silent film of all time.
In 1935 a remake was made under the same title, directed by Henry King with Rochelle Hudson as Anna Moore and Henry Fonda as David Bartlett.
criticism
- Lexicon of international film : “The silent film drama, which is not only interesting in terms of film history, was (after“ The Birth of a Nation ”) Griffith's most commercially successful production. Especially for Lillian Gish he created impressive scenes that have not lost any of their impact. "
- Fifty years after the creation of the work, the Protestant Film Observer judged : Melodrama from 1920, rolled out by DW Griffith into a grueling monumental film . Hardly of interest today.
Web links
- Far to the east in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Far to the east. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 23, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 291/1970