Magda (Young) rebels against the harsh treatment she receives from her stern father (Edward Kimball). She ultimately escapes from home with aspirations to become a singer. She is betrayed by Kellner (Edward Fielding), a friend of the family, but she also becomes a great success.
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Clara Kimball Young as Magda
Alice Gale as The Mother
Valda Valkyrien as Marie Schwartz (as Valkyrien)
Kitty Baldwin as Franiska
Maude George as Theresa (as Maude Ford)
Thomas Holding as Pastor
Edward Fielding as Kellner (as Edmund Fielding)
George Merlo as Max
Émile Chautard Director
Margaret Turnbull Screenplay
Hermann Sudermann Theatre Play
Jacques Bizeul Cinematography
United States 01 October 1917
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