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God's Crucible (1921 film)
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Wikipedia article
'God's Crucible' (also known as 'The Foreigner') is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5706/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'God's Crucible'] 1921 Canadian silent religious melodrama directed by Henry MacRae and written by Faith Green, based on a Ralph Connor novel called 'The Foreigner'. The film was narrated by Ernest Shipman.[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9408-GOD'S-CRUCIBLE?sid= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:'God's Crucible']
Plot
A young political refugee flees to Winnipeg to escape Russian enemies, where his resolve is tested in the snow-capped mountains, his violin his only company. Eventually, he is rewarded for toughing it out.
Cast
* Gaston Glass as Ivan Kalmar
* Gladys Coburn as Marjorie Menzies
* Wilton Lackaye as Michael Kalmar
* Edna Shipman as Irma Kalmar
* Anne Sutherland as Kalmars' Servant
Production
The film was shot in and around Winnipeg.
References
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