The Strongest

The Strongest (1920)

Harle, a successful French businessman, is so absorbed with his factory that he neglects his wife Claire. One day, Harle's old friend Henri, the Marquis de Puymaufray, comes to visit, and Claire falls in love with the cultured and sensitive man. Several months after his departure, Claire gives birth to a baby girl, Claudia, and dies shortly afterward from neglect and depression. Twenty years pass and Claudia has grown into a beautiful woman. Her father wishes her to wed a count, but she loves Maurice, a young American. During a labor dispute, Claudia is abducted by her father's disgruntled employees and held for ransom. The marquis, who has long watched over the girl, loses his life in a rescue attempt, but Maurice finally succeeds in liberating his sweetheart. After the marquis' death, it is revealed that Claudia actually was his daughter, and Harle, crushed, retires to his country estate, freeing the girl to voyage to America with the man she loves. A lost film.

Date of release
1920-02-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Drama
Director
Raoul Walsh

Casting

Interesting facts

The Strongest is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Renée Adorée, Carlo Liten, Harrison Hunter, Beatrice Noyes, Florence Malone, and Jean Gauthier DeTrigny. It is based on the 1919 French novel Les Plus Fort by Georges Clemenceau. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation in February 1920.

Production and Context

The Strongest is an adaptation of the 1919 social novel Le Plus Fort written by Georges Clemenceau, who served as the Prime Minister of France during World War I. The film was produced in the post-war era by the Société Industrielle des Cinématographes. .

Directed by Léon Pougny and Louis Gallet, the production translated Clemenceau's French society. The film's release coincided with Clemenceau's retirement from active political office in January 1920. .

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