The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Year: 1918

Runtime: 63 mins

Director: Sidney Franklin

DramaRomance

After a Chinese mandarin condemns his daughter to death for secretly marrying an American, their child is raised within the mandarin’s palace. As an adult, she flees the oppressive household, determined to find her father, who has become a senior official in the Philippines.

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