The Avenger (1915)

Drama

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

Cast

Bank director
Student on stairs
Ester's father
Jacob Kahn, Ester's cousin
Landowner von Sterner
Emma von Sterner
Georg's father, dean
Georg's fiancee

Crew

Screenplay
Director of Photography