The Avenger
movie
View on VideBits →Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death
Cast & crew
Edith Erastoff · Mauritz Stiller · John Ekman · Richard Lund · Gustaf Callmén · Wilhelm Hansson · Martin Jørgensen · Emmy Elffors · Edmond Hansen · William Larsson · Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson · Karin Molander · Louis Levy