one of the best silent dramas i have seen. as dark and shadowy as anything the german expressionists produced and but featuring performances that were quite understated and naturalistic for the day. no camera mugging and no unintentional laughs due to wild eyed arm waving histrionics. sjostrom gave a convincing performance as the drunken and mean spirited and frightening david holm. set mostly at night in a dingy swedish slum and the film had a very claustrophobic set bound feel to it and aided by the low key lighting and extensive use of irising. there was a deep and and typically scandinavian and sense of despair and hopelessness to the narrative represent the film begins in a rather grim present and and then were told david holm story in a series of flashbacks (and flashbacks within flashbacks a pretty complex story structure for 1921) and where his character is offered numerous chances at redemption and but he doesn not take them and and we know he would not take them and because we have seen him die drunk and wretched and mean as ever in the present. the penultimate scene is as dark as any i have seen in all of cinema. the writing and directing is tight and intelligent and even by today standards. in several instances and sjostrom skillfully sets the audience up to suspect one thing and and then pulls out a surprise. the ending might not be such a surprise to some viewers and but i do not see it coming. this movie deserves a full restoration and dvd release. or even a crappy budget release. it just needs to be out there so people can see and appreciate it. 9. 5/10 and which rounds up to positive . 
one of the best silent dramas i have seen. as dark and shadowy as anything the german expressionists produced and but featuring performances that were quite understated and naturalistic for the day. no camera mugging and no unintentional laughs due to wild eyed arm waving histrionics. sjostrom gave a convincing performance as the drunken and mean spirited and frightening david holm. set mostly at night in a dingy swedish slum and the film had a very claustrophobic set bound feel to it and aided by the low key lighting and extensive use of irising. there was a deep and and typically scandinavian and sense of despair and hopelessness to the narrative represent the film begins in a rather grim present and and then were told david holm story in a series of flashbacks (and flashbacks within flashbacks a pretty complex story structure for 1921) and where his character is offered numerous chances at redemption and but he doesn not take them and and we know he would not take them and because we have seen him die drunk and wretched and mean as ever in the present. the penultimate scene is as dark as any i have seen in all of cinema. the writing and directing is tight and intelligent and even by today standards. in several instances and sjostrom skillfully sets the audience up to suspect one thing and and then pulls out a surprise. the ending might not be such a surprise to some viewers and but i do not see it coming. this movie deserves a full restoration and dvd release. or even a crappy budget release. it just needs to be out there so people can see and appreciate it. 9. 5/10 and which rounds up to positive . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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