Whirlpool of Fate
1925 · Movie · 68 min. · France
Virginia (Catherine Hessling) has to fend for herself after the death of her father. Any money that might have been left for her has been used by her drunken uncle, Jef, (Pierre Lestringuez, also the screenwriter) to buy more booze. After a false start at a new life with some bohemians, she is taken in by Monsieur Raynal (Georges Térof) and falls in love with his son Georges (Harold Levingston). But on an errand to pay a bill for M. Raynal, Virginia is robbed by her uncle and is suspected by the Raynals of stealing the money for herself... First film from Jean Renoir.
Direction Jean Renoir
Cast Pierre Champagne · Charlotte Clasis · André Derain · Van Doren · Madame Fockenberghe · Catherine Hessling · Pierre Lestringuez · Harold Levingston
Screenplay Pierre Lestringuez
Cinematography Jean Bachelet · Alphonse Gibory
Original title La Fille de l'eau (Whirlpool of Fate)
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