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Mr. Gilfil's Love Story

1920-03-01 · 50 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

Based on the short story from George Eliot's 1857 work Scenes of a Clerical life. A chaplain to an aristocratic British family falls in love with their ward, a young Italian woman, who he marries. Tragedy strikes when she dies only a few months later leaving him in a state of grief.

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Directors
A.V. Bramble
Production companies
Ideal
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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Mary OdetteMary OdetteCaterina
Robert Henderson-BlandRobert Henderson-BlandMaynard Gilfil
Peter UpcherAnthony Wybrow
Dora De WintonDora De WintonLady Clevere
A. Harding SteermanSir Christopher Chever
Aileen BagotBeatrice Asscher
Norma WhalleyLady Asscher
John BoellaSignor Sarti
Irene DrewDorcas
Robert CliftonKnott

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