Way Down East

1920

Action / Drama / Romance

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 96% · 24 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 6372 6.4K

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Plot summary

A naïve country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

Director

D.W. Griffith Photo
D.W. Griffith

Top cast

Carol Dempster Photo
Carol Dempster as Barn Dancer
Lillian Gish Photo
Lillian Gish as Anna Moore
Burr McIntosh Photo
Burr McIntosh as Squire Bartlett
Paul Porcasi Photo
Paul Porcasi as Party Guest
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
989.34 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
19.973 fps
2 hr 25 min
Seeds 3
2.06 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
19.973 fps
2 hr 25 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Ads T 7 / 10

D W Griffith film features the stunningly emotive

D W Griffith film features the stunningly emotive Lillian Gish at the centre of a love tryst but the standout artistic moment arrives in the last 20 minutes with an incredibly well staged sequence where Gish's character is stranded on a river of ice.
Reviewed by Isaiah Y 6 / 10

Great performance by Lillian Gish. Nobody was able

Great performance by Lillian Gish. Nobody was able to do what Griffith was doing at this time.
Reviewed by Nick M 7 / 10

A naive young woman is wooed by an

A naive young woman is wooed by an upper crust philanderer who stages a mock wedding in order to bed his unsuspecting prey. She becomes pregnant, and after he discovers this he reveals the truth of their relationship and casts her aside. Her baby dies shortly after being born, and she is forced to try to get work without revealing her past. What struck me the most about this film is the strength of Lillian Gish's acting. I normally can't stand her because her emotional range is so limited, but this was almost like watching a different actress when compared to her previous work! Her characteristic dead eyes were nowhere to be found, and her performance was both moving and nuanced. Richard Barthelmess's strength of will allows him to complement her performance without being entirely overshadowed by her, and he is so handsome that it is hard not to find him riveting on screen. The narrative unfolds a bit too slowly than is necessary, but overall Griffith succeeded in telling a compelling melodrama without allowing it to become too overblown to take seriously. The climactic scene at the end was dynamic and exciting, and will be a hard one to forget. The picture is far from flawless, however. There are several characters that exist solely for comic relief, and they are just badly drawn. It's like watching scenes from a stock Keystone short from 1914 - cinematic comedy has moved well beyond these exaggerated screwball antics, and it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. I am also left with the sense that Griffith isn't learning from other directors the same way that most are from one another. There are some stunning scenes here, but all of it feels akin to his previous work. I see him pushing the envelop in terms of working under extreme conditions (hello, blizzards and ice floes), but the language of film is developing rapidly, and he doesn't appear to be expanding his vocabulary.
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