1920
7.0 (104 votes)
2h 30m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
D.W. Griffith Productions
United Artists
United Artists
Way Down East
A simple story for plain people.
Overview
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Key Crew
Director: D.W. Griffith
Director of Photography: Billy Bitzer, Paul H. Allen, Charles Downs, Hendrik Sartov
Producer: D.W. Griffith
Writer: Anthony Paul Kelly, D.W. Griffith
Top Cast
Lillian Gish
Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce
Mother Bartlett
Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother
Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont
