Kreutzer Sonata Movie

Kreutzer Sonata
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Released: 1915
Directors: Herbert Brenon
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Plot Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein
Based -- loosely -- on Leo Tolstoy, this film starred feted stage star Nance O'Neil but is rather better remembered as Theda Bara's follow-up to the sensational A Fool There Was (1914). The success of that film took the producer, William Fox, by surprise, and he had no new Bara film waiting in the wings. Bara -- playing the supporting role of O'Neil's wicked sister -- was reportedly in awe of the formidable leading lady, but that didn't stop her from stealing the film outright. The Kreutzer Sonata told the story of Miriam Friedlander, an Orthodox Jew forbidden to marry the gentile father of her child. She finds solace with a Jewish violinist, but he is lured away by her scheming sister. The long-suffering Miriam loses her mind and kills the sister, the violinist and, finally, herself. Directed by Irish-born Herbert Brenon, The Kreutzer Sonata was silent film at its nostril-flaring, bosom-heaving worst.

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Miriam, a young Russian girl has an unfortunate love affair and is threatened with disgrace by having a child out of wedlock... more | add synopsis
The Kreutzer Sonata is a 1915 silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost.
Tolstoi novel depicting sexual mores in Russia, and Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonata, "Kreutzer," Op. 96 G major. Sonata was dedicated to Beethoven's contemporary, the violinist Kreutzer, who didn't care for it. Kreutzer is today...

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Anne Sutherland Olga Belushoff
William E. Shay Gregor Randar
John Daly Murphy Sam Ffiedlander
Rhea van Ole Maid
Maude Turner Gordon Rebecca Friedlander
Theda Bara Celia Friediander Jul 20, 1885 in Cincinnati, OH
Henry Bergman Raphael Friedlander
Sidney Cushing G. Belushoff
Nance O'Neil Miriam Friedlander Oct 8, 1874 in Oakland, CA

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