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God's Crucible(1922)
Status: Released
Date: 1922-04-20
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Time: 1h 8m
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Their father, Michael Kalmar, imprisoned in Siberia, political refugees Ivan and Irma Kalmar seek freedom in Winnipeg, Canada. Encountering persecution at the hands of prejudiced neighbors, including their father's enemy, Makaroff. Ivan's violin playing both attracts Marjorie Menzies and earns him the enmity of District Attorney Mortimer Staunton, a rival for her affection. At a party at Makaroff's home, Irma is insulted, her abuser is slain and Ivan arrested. Her escapee father confesses to the murder but both men are freed when a family servant who admits to the murder.
Languages: No Language.
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Canada
ProductionCompanies:
Winnipeg Productions
Movie: God's Crucible
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gaston Glass
Ivan Kalmar
Wilton Lackaye
Michael Kalmar
Anne Sutherland
Kalmars' Servant
Bigelow Cooper
Sir Robert Menzies
Bradley Barker
Mortimer Staunton
William Colvin
Makaroff
Robert T. Haines
Jack French
Jules Cowles
Jack French's Servant
Edward Elkas
Portnoff
Kate Price
Nora Fitzpatrick
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Their father, Michael Kalmar, imprisoned in Siberia, political refugees Ivan and Irma Kalmar seek freedom in Winnipeg, Canada. Encountering persecution at the hands of prejudiced neighbors, including their father's enemy, Makaroff. Ivan's violin playing both attracts Marjorie Menzies and earns him the enmity of District Attorney Mortimer Staunton, a rival for her affection. At a party at Makaroff's home, Irma is insulted, her abuser is slain and Ivan arrested. Her escapee father confesses to the murder but both men are freed when a family servant who admits to the murder.
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1922-04-20
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