The Avenger

Release Date: 1915-09-05

Overview: Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Wilhelm Hansson

as Georg Vide

Edith Erastoff

as Ester

Edmond Hansen

as Ester's father

John Ekman

as Jacob Kahn, Ester's cousin

Richard Lund

as Josef