Ghosts (1915)
58m
Running Time
May 31, 1915Release Date
Plot.
Helen Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helen plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.
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Cast & Crew.
Henry B. Walthall
Captain Alving / Oswald
Mary Alden
Helen Alving
Nigel De Brulier
Pastor Manders
Juanita Archer
Johanna
Loretta Blake
Regina
Al W. Filson
The Family Doctor
Thomas Jefferson
Johanna's Unseeing Husband
Monte Blue
Bohemian
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
based on play or musical
morality
incest
syphilis
19th century
venereal diseases
Wiki.
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
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