The Scarlet Letter

Year: 1934

Runtime: 69 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert G. Vignola

Drama

Set in 17th‑century Puritan Massachusetts, the story follows Hester Prynne, a young woman who bears an illegitimate child and is condemned to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing as a public mark of adultery. Amidst relentless judgment, she endures exile, raises her daughter Pearl, and transforms the symbol into a complex emblem of resilience, guilt, and societal hypocrisy.

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