1920 · drama
The Monastery of Sendomir
Directed by Victor Sjöström1h 16m1920
Two riders on their way to Warsaw stop at a monastery for the night and ask an old monk there to tell them the story of its founding.
Our read: The Monastery of Sendomir (1920) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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