A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
""An artistic masterpiece and also a joy to watch.""
Interesting but much more for how the movies were done back in 1927 and how the relationships between men and women were understood....
Wow! Friedrich Murnau really did pull out all of the stops for this gorgeously complex and beautiful story - that is entirely based on human character flaws that ordinarily might make one squirm... None of the characters actually have names, but George O'Brien is contentedly married to Janet Gaynor, living on their farm with their young child. One day, he happens upon the visiting Margaret Livingstone - an urban sophisticate with whom he is soon captivated. Conscious of his duty to his wife, he is reluctant to join her in the big city, so she rather malevolently suggests that he and his wife f...