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Eine KLEINE MUTTER (Original title)
Date: 1908 (Release)

Country: France



Shotlist: DRAMA. A dying mother, deserted by her drunken husband, entrusts her eldest daughter with the care of her two youngest children. After the mother's death, the daughter goes to work as a rag collector to support her brother and sister. While working in the street, she sees her drunken father attacked by a thief and runs to the rescue. The father recovers in the family's room and, overcome by remorse, is re-united with his three children. Six months later, he takes his children to lay flowers on the mother's grave. A vision of her appears to him beside the grave (467ft).

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1908Country: FranceRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Silent