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BROKEN BLOSSOMS

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Directed by D.W. Griffith
United States, 1919
Drama, Romance, Silent
  • 6767 minutes

Synopsis

When Chinese immigrant Cheng Huan moves to London to spread Buddhism, he is unprepared for the deplorable intolerance of its inner city. But Huan succumbs to his environment; his missionary dream turns into indifference, until he finds battered Lucy Burrows at his doorstep.

Synopsis

When Chinese immigrant Cheng Huan moves to London to spread Buddhism, he is unprepared for the deplorable intolerance of its inner city. But Huan succumbs to his environment; his missionary dream turns into indifference, until he finds battered Lucy Burrows at his doorstep.