Ghosts

45%% | May 31, 1915 | Drama

Captain Alving, a notorious rake and financially irresponsible, seeks wealthy heiress Helen's hand in marriage. The family doctor protests to the marriage, on the grounds of Alving's hereditary illness, but both parties disregard all warnings; Urged on by her ambitious parents, Helen marries Alving. Later Helen discovers a liaison between her husband and a young, married woman. Soon the sins of the father are visited upon all members of the Alving clan. Based on Henrik Ibsen's play.

Featured Cast

D.W. Griffith
Producer
George Siegmann
Assistant Director

Cast

Henry B. Walthall
Captain Alving / Oswald
Mary Alden
Helen Alving
Nigel De Brulier
Pastor Manders
Al W. Filson
The Family Doctor
Thomas Jefferson
Johanna's Unseeing Husband
Monte Blue
Bohemian
Karl Formes
Henrik Ibsen
Chandler House
Oswald as a boy

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