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An Awful Moment

190812 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

After a judge sentences a man, a woman seeking revenge follows the conflict into his home. She binds his wife and arranges a gun to fire when the door opens. Their daughter's warning gives the judge a chance to prevent the trap from taking its victim.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
8:03
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

Griffith's short turns a judicial decision into danger for a family. Its vengeful Roma character draws on an ethnic stereotype used in melodramas of the period.

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