The Avenger (1915)
6.0(5)49mSeptember 5, 1915
Mauritz Stiller
Director
Louis Levy, Martin Jørgensen
Writers
Rate
Diary
Overview
Hämnaren (The Avenger) was made in 1915, and was rediscovered in Berlin in 2001. It begins with a woman named Ester, who is reading a letter and crying. The letter says that a man named George won't marry her, because he knows his father would never allow him to marry a Jewish woman. Ester dies of childbirth, and possibly a broken heart. Her suitor Jakob takes care of her son, who is named Josef, and sends George a note, accusing him of causing her death
