UNITED STATES · 1909

Wanted, A Child

L'homme qui rêvait d'un enfant

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood family bonds poverty parental love temptation and morality sacrifice
Synopsis

A poor, elderly couple with many children is tempted when the husband's brother offers to pay to adopt one of the children himself. However, when forced to choose, the parents realize they can't part with any of their children.

Year1909
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
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