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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

A tale of forbidden love.

6.9/ 1019191h 28mNR

DramaRomance

A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.

Directed by D.W. Griffith

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Lucy Burrows

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Cheng Huan

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Battling Burrows

Arthur Howard

Burrows' Manager

Edward Peil Sr.

Edward Peil Sr.

Evil Eye

George Beranger

George Beranger

The Spying One

Norman Selby

Norman Selby

A Prizefighter

Ernest Butterworth

Secondary Role (uncredited)