Staff Picks: Inauguration Edition 2021
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!
Pillars of Society (1916)
Karsten Bernick is a wealthy Norwegian shipping tycoon and community leader who hides a past built on lies and moral hypocrisy. He was involved in a youthful affair in Paris with a married Bohemian actress; Bernick let his brother-in-law take the blame and fled to America, while also spreading a rumor that the man stole family money. When the wronged brother-in-law returns home years later demanding that Bernick clear his name Bernick tries to protect his social standing and financial empire from ruin, forcing a dramatic reckoning with his deceit.
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Karsten Bernick is a wealthy Norwegian shipping tycoon and community leader who hides a past built on lies and moral hypocrisy. He was involved in a youthful affair in Paris with a married Bohemian actress; Bernick let his brother-in-law take the blame and fled to America, while also spreading a rumor that the man stole family money. When the wronged brother-in-law returns home years later demanding that Bernick clear his name Bernick tries to protect his social standing and financial empire from ruin, forcing a dramatic reckoning with his deceit.
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Genre:Drama
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In Theaters:8/27/1916
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Fine Arts Film Company
Cast
Raoul Walsh
Director
Henry B. Walthall
Karsten Bernick
Mary Alden
Lona Tonnesen
George Beranger
Johan Tonnesen
Josephine Crowell
Karsten's Mother (as Josephine B. Crowell)
Olga Grey
Madame Linda Dorf (as Olga Gray)
Joseph Singleton
Monsieur Dorf (uncredited)
Loyola O'Connor
Betty's Aunt (uncredited)
Jennie Lee
Nurse (uncredited)
Juanita Archer
Betty
Edna Mae Wilson
Little Dina Dorf (uncredited)
William Parsons
Pastor (uncredited)
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