Broken Blossoms

1936NR1h 24m5.3

A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's "Masterpiece".

The spiritual and peace-loving Chen resides in London's Limehouse district, where he teaches and promotes peaceful Buddhist concepts. He is attracted to the beleaguered Lucy Burrows, whose prizefighter father beats her persistently. When Chen rescues Lucy from one of her father's attacks, the boxer sets out to avenge himself on the foreigner.

Info about Broken Blossoms

Studio(s): Twickenham Film Studios, Julius Hagen Productions

Originally Released: May 20, 1936

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama