His Wife, the Unknown

1923Directed by Benjamin Christensen

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Released: October 19, 1923
Runtime: 1h 17m

About His Wife, the Unknown

Drama
Romance

Synopsis

A war blind painter marries his nurse. But after he can see again through an operation, he does not recognize her. Then she decides to leave him in order to return to his service under a different name. Only when the painter falls in love with her as a stranger to him, she reveal herself.

Director: Benjamin Christensen
Writer: Benjamin Christensen
Original title: Seine Frau, die Unbekannte

Principal cast

In billing order

Willy FritschWilbur Crawford
Lil DagoverEva
Edith EdwardsMabel
Karl FalkenbergSam
Jaro FürthPolizeikommissar
Maria ReisenhoferCrawfords Mutter

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