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The Avenging Conscience

191478 minUnited States
DramaCrimeHorror
Video edition
YouTube
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
84:22
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Synopsis

A young reader of Poe is forbidden by his uncle to pursue the woman he loves. Thoughts of suffering and death lead him toward a terrible solution. Concealing an act of violence proves less difficult than escaping the images and fears it produces.

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Inspirations

The film combines material associated with The Tell-Tale Heart and Annabel Lee. Rather than simply illustrating one story, it uses Poe's motifs to explore guilt through the images available to early silent cinema.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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