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The White Sister (1923)

The White Sister (1923)

Drama Romance

A love that outlived passion!

Release Date: 1923, September 5
Directors: Henry King
Countries: United States of America
Production: Inspiration Pictures, Inspiration Pictures
Cast: Charles Lane, Ronald Colman, Gustavo Serena, Lillian Gish, Alfredo Martinelli, J. Barney Sherry, Alfredo Bertone, Gail Kane, Juliette La Violette, Roman Ibanez, Ida Carloni Talli, Giovanni Viccola

Overview:

Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a wealthy Italian prince who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Angela stands to inherit half of a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits everything herself, throwing Angela into poverty. Fortunately, Angela is engaged to marry dashing Captain Giovanni Severi - but he soon is captured by Arabs while on an expedition to Africa. Believing him dead, Angela, dedicating her life to his memory, becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and is returning to Italy. The dramatic climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Keywords:

natural disaster volcano catholicism nun convent (nunnery) silent film religious vow ordination vesuvius holy orders spite