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The Divine Woman is a american film of genre Drama directed by Victor Sjöström released in USA on 13 january 1928 with Greta Garbo
The Divine Woman (1928)
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Add to a movie listThe Divine Woman (1928) is an American silent film directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Greta Garbo. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Only a single nine-minute reel and an additional 45 second excerpt are currently known to exist of this otherwise lost film.
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Alexander Walker; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (October 1980). Garbo: a portrait. Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-02-622950-0. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
^ The Divine Woman at silentera.com
^ Greta's Lost and Found at Mikaelas filmblogg
^ Svenska Filminstitutet - Resultatredovisning 2011 Pg. 17 (Swedish)
Synopsis
Marianne (Greta Garbo) is a poor French country girl who goes to Paris in the 1860s to seek her fortune as an actress. As she rises to success in the theatre, she must choose between the romantic attentions of two men. The first is Lucien (Lars Hanson), a poor but passionate young soldier who deserts the army to be with Marianne and goes to jail after stealing a dress to give her. Her other suitor is Henry Legrand (Lowell Sherman), a wealthy middle-aged Paris producer who offers her fame and fortune.Actors
Greta Garbo
(Marianne)
Lars Hanson
(Lucien)
Lowell Sherman
(Henry Legrand)
Polly Moran
(Mme. Pigonier)
Dorothy Cumming
(Mmme. Zizi Rouck, Marianne's Mother)
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