Customize Results:
Male Female

Weight in lbs.


Height
ft   in

Age



The Absentee

[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]
Calorie Rating: 56
Released: 1913-05-02
Running Time: 40 Minutes
Studios: Pathé Frères, Hollandsche Film,


Dries, a farmer and a widower, lives with his mother-in-law Grietje and his son Peter. He falls in love with Minna, a widow, and marries her despite the opposition of his family and friends. In anger his son Peter leaves home to enlist, while Grietje takes up her residence in another cottage. Six years pass, during which Grietje becomes acquainted with Minna's daughter Dina. Peter falls ill in Sumatra, but after falling in love with Dina, through the medium of photographs, he recovers and is drafted home again to Holland. He meets Dina and the two find that they truly love.

Director / Directors



Cast

Henri Étiévant
Character: Dries Schoonejans
Henri Rollan
Character: Peter Schoonejans
Jeanne Grumbach
Character: Schoonmoeder Grietje / Mother-in-law Grietje

Germaine Dermoz
Character: Minna Petrus
Raymonde Dupré
Character: Dina


Production and Crew

George Mitchell
Theatre Play