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UNITED STATES · 1909

The Cardinal’s Conspiracy

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood arranged marriage deception disguise romantic manipulation class transformation
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Synopsis

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the princess which he easily repels. It works; the princess falls for him, especially when the cardinal arranges his arrest.

Year1909
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
MovementClassical Hollywood
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