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The Deception
UNITED STATES · 1909

The Deception

D.W. Griffith
sacrifice marital conflict deception class struggle redemption
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Synopsis

A wife offers to support her artist husband by teaching piano. She can't find work at the conservatory, and ends up working in a laundry, without telling him the truth. When he discovers her lie, he is determined to leave her, until she is injured and he understands the sacrifice she made for him.

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