The White Sister
6.9
“A love that outlived passion!”
Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a wealthy Italian prince who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Angela stands to inherit half of a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits everything herself, throwing Angela into poverty. Fortunately, Angela is engaged to marry dashing Captain Giovanni Severi - but he soon is captured by Arabs while on an expedition to Africa. Believing him dead, Angela, dedicating her life to his memory, becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and is returning to Italy. The dramatic climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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Cast
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Lillian Gish
Angela Chiaromonte
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Birth of a Nation
Joseph Carl Breil
Composer
Ronald Colman
Capt. Giovanni Severi
Known for
Lost Horizon
Random Harvest
Gail Kane
Marchesa di Mola
Also in
The Serpent's Tooth
The Heart of a Hero
J. Barney Sherry
Monsignor Saracinesca
Also in
The Bargain
A Lucky Blowout
Charles Lane
Prince Chiaromonte
Known for
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Juliette La Violette
Madame Bernard
Gustavo Serena
Prof. Ugo Severi
Known for
The Railroad Man
47 Talking Corpses
Alfredo Bertone
Filmore Durand
Also in
The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola
A Carnival Tragedy
Roman Ibanez
Count del Ferice
No other roles listed
Alfredo Martinelli
Alfredo del Ferice
Also in
Hands Off Me!
Everybody's Woman
Ida Carloni Talli
Mother Superior
Also in
The Grey Rats
Cainà
Henry King Director · Charles E. Whittaker Writer George V. Hobart Writer
United States release September 5, 1923 · Produced in United States
Production
Inspiration Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 5, 1923
Theatrical · New York City
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