Directed by:
Victor SjöströmScreenplay:
Frances MarionComposer:
William AxtCast:
Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane, William H. Tooker, Marcelle Corday, Iron Eyes Cody, Polly Moran, Douglas Haig, Nora Cecil (more)Plots(1)
In puritanical Boston, in 1645, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale falls in love with young Hester Prynne. He is quite prepared to marry her, but she is already married to a man a good deal older than she is, who has been away from the country for a long time. (MUBI)
Cast
![Lillian Gish](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267993_5842ea.jpg)
Lillian Gish
USA
Best movies:
The Wind (1928)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
![Lars Hanson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278458_9fa0f7.jpg)
Lars Hanson
Sweden
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
The Wind (1928)
Homecoming (1928)
![Henry B. Walthall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309448_de87af.jpg)
Henry B. Walthall
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Chandu the Magician (1932)
![Karl Dane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277354_91f4d1.jpg)
Karl Dane
Denmark
Best movies:
The Big Parade (1925)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Mysterious Island (1929)
William H. Tooker
USA
Best movies:
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
It's a Gift (1934)
Marcelle Corday
Belgium
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Dead End (1937)
![Iron Eyes Cody](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496912_bc6346.jpg)
Iron Eyes Cody
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Big Trail (1930)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Polly Moran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/802/157802501_ad5148.jpg)
Polly Moran
USA
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Douglas Haig
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Strong Man (1926)
![Nora Cecil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/985/160985605_33864a.jpg)
Nora Cecil
UK
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Margaret Mann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/998/160998250_f92ef7.jpg)
Margaret Mann
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Dorothy Vernon
German Empire
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Monster (1925)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
James A. Marcus
USA
Best movies:
Regeneration (1915)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Song of Songs (1933)
Chief Yowlachie
USA
Best movies:
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Betsy Ann Hisle
USA
Best movies:
Girl Shy (1924)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Way of All Flesh (1927)