The Mother and the Law
1919 · 1h 39m · Crime, Drama · United States of America
A re-edited version of the fourth episode of Intolerance (1916); two youth are made homeless by a strike, and struggle valiantly to survive their desolate situation, which worsens as reform-minded citizens remove the couple's child from their care and the young father is falsely accused and convicted of murder.
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capitalismedited from filmintolerancelabor strike
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