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The Scarlet Letter (1926) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1926 · 97 mins
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- Directed by
- Victor Sjöström
- Starring
- Karl Dane, Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Lars Hanson, Polly Moran, William H. Tooker
In strict Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and the compassionate Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale pursue a secret romance. When Dimmesdale leaves for England, he returns to find Hester has borne their child and now bears the town’s scorn and public shaming for her transgression.
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