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His Guilty Conscience

1914 · 37 min Drama
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

The young clerk Poul Wang is squandering his fortune on festive pleasures while being shadowed by a mysterious unknown figure. The following day, payment is due and Poul has to clandestinely visit a local loan shark. The growing interest rates tempt Poul to steal from his workplace, but he is discovered by a watchful colleague. In desperation, he robs his own family’s savings, narrowly avoiding being fatally shot by his own wife, who mistakes him for a common burglar. Just as everything looks impossibly bleak, the mysterious stranger comes to the rescue. (Stumfilm.dk)

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Original Title Den Fremmede
Year 1914
Country Denmark
Genre Drama
Director Vilhelm Glückstadt
Runtime 37 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (4 votes)

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The film constructs a tense drama of escalating despair, relying on the visual grammar of silent cinema to convey the protagonist's inner turmoil. It explores the contrast between surface respectability and moral collapse.

What lingers after viewing is a moral quandary and a resolution that blurs the line between fate and providence, leaving one to ponder the price of salvation. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Vilhelm Glückstadt

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In subdued lighting, with atmospheric musical accompaniment, to fully absorb the period's mood.

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