Overview

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

Henry B. Walthall

Captain Alving / Oswald

Mary Alden

Helen Alving

Nigel De Brulier

Pastor Manders

Loretta Blake

Regina

Al W. Filson

The Family Doctor

Thomas Jefferson

Johanna's Unseeing Husband

Monte Blue

Bohemian

Erich von Stroheim

School Clerk