Civilization's Child
After an idyllic mountain life in Russia, Berna goes to live with her uncle in the Jewish section of Kiev, arriving just as Cossacks massacre most of the Jews in the city. Berna escapes to New York and works at a sweatshop controlled by Boss Jim McManus, but he seduces her, then throws her out on the street, and she becomes a prostitute. Berna later marries Nicolay Turgenev, a young musician,
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William H. Thompson
Boss Jim McManus
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Anna Lehr
Berna
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C Gardner Sullivan
Thomas H. Ince
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Charles Giblyn
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Nicolay Turgenev
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Ellen McManus
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Clyde Benson
Jacob Weil
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Peter Saranoff
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Charles Giblyn Director · C. Gardner Sullivan Writer Charles E. Kaufman Cinematographer
United States release April 23, 1916 · Produced in United States · Production Kay-Bee Pictures
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New York Motion Picture
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Kay-Bee Pictures
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · April 23, 1916
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