Ghosts (1915)
58m
Running Time
May 31, 1915Release Date
Plot.
Captain Alving, a notorious rake and financially irresponsible, seeks wealthy heiress Helen's hand in marriage. The family doctor protests to the marriage, on the grounds of Alving's hereditary illness, but both parties disregard all warnings; Urged on by her ambitious parents, Helen marries Alving. Later Helen discovers a liaison between her husband and a young, married woman. Soon the sins of the father are visited upon all members of the Alving clan. Based on Henrik Ibsen's play.
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Cast & Crew.
Karl Formes
Henrik Ibsen
Nigel De Brulier
Pastor Manders
Henry B. Walthall
Captain Arling / Oswald
Juanita Archer
Johanna
Mary Alden
Helen Arling - the Wealthy Heiress
Loretta Blake
Regina
Al W. Filson
The Family Doctor
George Nichols
Director
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Ghosts is a 1915 silent film drama based on the famous 1881 play Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by George Nichols. D. W. Griffith produced the film and Erich von Stroheim served in several capacities as technical advisor, wardrobe assistant and costume designer. George Siegmann was an assistant director. The film had an alternate or working title The Wreck.The play Gengangere was first performed in America in 1894.A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. And copies are also held at George Eastman Museum and UCLA Film & Television Archive