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A Tale of Two Cities (1917) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1917 · 70 mins
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- Directed by
- Frank Lloyd
- Starring
- Margaret Dumont, Ralph Lewis, Jewel Carmen, Josef Swickard, William Farnum, Herschel Mayall
During the French Revolution, Charles Darnay travels to Paris to free a former family servant, only to be arrested and sentenced by the revolutionary tribunal. His wife, Lucie Manette, is secretly adored by the dissolute yet noble Sydney Carton, who devises a self‑sacrificing plan to exchange places and save Darnay for the woman he loves.
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