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A Child of the Ghetto

191016 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

An orphaned seamstress is falsely accused of theft and escapes from the city into the countryside. A farming family offers her shelter, but the policeman pursuing the case eventually finds the refuge where she has begun to feel secure.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
16:17
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

The story follows a Jewish heroine toward a romance across religious lines. The National Center for Jewish Film has highlighted its unusually untroubled treatment of that relationship.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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