Home
Showtimes & Tickets
Top Box Office
Trailers & More
In Theaters
Coming Soon
New on DVD
Critics' Reviews
Photos
News
Blog
Superfans
Overview
Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Critics' Reviews
User Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations
On DVD

Broken Blossoms

:

Overview
Broken Blossoms
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
1 rating
Your Rating:
write a review
NR,1hr 42min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1919
Director:
D.W. Griffith
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp  ...more
Synopsis: Based on "The Chink and the Child", a story by Thomas Burke, Broken Blossoms is one of D.W. Griffith's most poetic films. Richard Barthelmess plays a young Chinese aristocrat who hopes to spread the gospel of his Eastern religion to the grimy corners of London's Limehouse district. Rapidly disillusioned, Barthelmess opens a curio shop and takes to smoking opium. One evening, Lillian Gish, the waif-like daughter of drunken prizefighter Donald Crisp, collapses on Barthelmess' doorstep after enduring ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
View Full Reviews
Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Despite the great expense taken to recreate its London Limehouse-district setting, Broken Blossoms is one of D.W. Griffith's most intimate films, and some critics consider it his masterpiece. The director used his vast soundstage to tell the story of a young woman (Lillian Gish) whose love for a spiritual Chinese man (Richard Barthelmess) is thwarted by her abusive boxer father (Donald Crisp); the ... Full Review
Featured Cast
View More Cast & Crew
Lillian Gish
Lucy Burrows
Richard Barthelmess
Cheng Haun, the Yellow Man
Donald Crisp
Battling Burrows
Edward Peil Sr.
Evil Eye
Similar Movies
View All (4)
advertisement


Privacy
Legal
Advertise
RSS
Site map
Feedback
Help
|
© 2009 Microsoft