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UNITED STATES · 1912

The Female of the Species

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood revenge infidelity jealousy desert survival female vengeance
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Synopsis

A man and three women leave an abandoned mining town and travel across the desert. After the man's death, his wife plans revenge against her companion, whom the wife suspects had an affair with her deceased husband.

Year1912
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
MovementClassical Hollywood
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