The White Sister (1923)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1925-01-12
Director: Henry King
Writers: Francis Marion Crawford , George V. Hobart , Charles E. Whittaker , Will M. Ritchey
Language: English
Stars: Lillian Gish , Ronald Colman , Gail Kane , J. Barney Sherry , Charles Lane , Juliette La Violette , Gustavo Serena , Alfredo Bertone , Roman Ibanez , Alfredo Martinelli
Runtime: 143 min
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
AKA: The White Sister (United Kingdom) , Bela sestra , La hermana blanca (Spain) , Vita systern (Sweden) , Белая сестра , The White Sister (United States of America) , La suora bianca (Italy) , Den hvite nonne (Norway) , Biała siostra (Poland) , Beyaz Rahibe (Turkey) , The White Sister , Die weiße Schwester (Germany) , Irmã Branca (Brazil) , Den hvide Søster (Denmark) , A fehér apáca (Hungary) , Die weiße Schwester (Austria) , Dans les laves du Vésuve (France, French Republic) , Η λευκή αδελφή (Greece) , ホワイト・シスター (Japan) , A Irmã Branca (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot: Lillian Gish is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Lillian stands to inherit a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits the property herself, throwing Lillian into poverty. Fortunately, she is engaged to marry the dashing officer Ronald Coleman, but he is captured by Arabs on an expedition to Africa. Dedicating her life to his memory, Lillian becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and returning to Italy! The climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
IMDB:tt0014605